CNA Staff, Nov 6, 2025 / 12:15 pm

Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader who has served in Congress since the late 1980s, announced on Nov. 6 that she will not seek reelection once her current term expires, ending a 50-year-long career in politics including roughly four decades in the nation’s capitol.

In a video address to residents of the city of San Francisco, which she represents in Congress, Pelosi said she has “truly loved serving” the constituents of the California city.

“That is why I want you, my fellow San Franciscans, to be the first to know, I will not be seeking reelection to Congress,” she said.

“With a grateful heart, I look forward to my final year of service as your proud representative,” she said in the address.

Pelosi first assumed congressional office in 1987. She not

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