Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, announced today that she will run for reelection in 2024, seeking her 20th term in office.
"Now more than ever our City needs us to advance San Francisco values and further our recovery," Pelosi wrote in a post to X (formerly known as Twitter).
"Our country needs America to show the world that our flag is still there, with liberty and justice for ALL. That is why I am running for reelection — and respectfully ask for your vote," she continued.
Former House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi was first elected to Congress in 1987 and became the first female House Speaker in 2007 and again in 2019. Pelosi is 83.
Last year, she stepped down from House Democratic leadership after the party narrowly lost its majority in the midterm elections, but she remained in Congress as a member. She said then that the time had come to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders.
"A new day is dawning on the horizon, and I look forward, always forward, to the unfolding story of our nation, a story of light and love, of patriotism and progress, of many becoming one," she said in an emotional speech delivered on the House floor. "And always an unfinished mission to make the dreams of today the reality of tomorrow."