SAN FRANCISCO -- Nancy Pelosi, a San Francisco Democrat who leveraged decades of power in the U.S. House to become the first woman ever elected speaker, will not run for reelection in 2026, she said Thursday.

The former House speaker, 85, who has been in Congress since 1987 and oversaw both of President Donald Trump's first-term impeachments, had been putting off her 2026 decision until after Tuesday's vote on Proposition 50, a ballot measure she backed and helped bankroll to redraw California's congressional maps in her party's favor.

With the measure's resounding passage, Pelosi said it was time to start clearing the path for another Democrat to represent San Francisco -- one of the nation's most liberal bastions -- in Congress, as some are already vying to do.

"With a grateful heart,

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