When Congress convenes after next year’s midterm elections, it will mark an auspicious milestone of sorts for the legislative body: For the first time in nearly four decades, California will not be represented by Nancy Pelosi, the longtime San Francisco lawmaker who led the House for years as its first female speaker. Pelosi dropped her not-wholly-unexpected news on Thursday, announcing that this will be her last term in Congress. “I will not be seeking reelection,” she said in a video explaining her decision across social media. “With a grateful heart, I look forward to my final year of service.”

For Democrats, Pelosi’s departure is unambiguously the end of an era. But it also signals the potential start of something new for a party still finding its footing in the second Trump administr

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