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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to announce her retirement from Congress after Tuesday’s elections.
California voters on Tuesday will consider “Proposition 50,” which would redraw the state’s congressional districts.
According to NBC News, Pelosi is a major proponent of the plan to help Democrats secure additional House seats in California before the midterm elections.
🚨Breaking News: Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection in 2026
Pelosi is 85 years old
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NBC News has more:
Multiple Democratic sources in her home state and in Congress told NBC News they believe the 85-year-old California Democrat will choose not to seek re-election in 2026 after nearly four decades representing her San Francisco-based district.
“I wish she would stay for 10 more years,” said one House Democrat from California. “I think she’s out. She’s going to go out with Prop 50 overwhelmingly passing, and what a crowning achievement for her to do that.”
Her departure — if it happens — would end an era in Congress, where her unparalleled skills as a legislative strategist, vote counter and fundraiser helped make Pelosi the first woman to win the speaker’s gavel, and it would touch off a more furious scramble for her coveted House seat.
Fueling speculation that she might retire, Pelosi has made no outward move to counter two Democrats who have entered the district’s primary, despite having raised more than $2 million this election cycle so far and sitting on a $1.5 million war chest, according to campaign records. Those Democrats, who would face Pelosi if she decides to fight for another term, are state Sen. Scott Wiener, and wealthy former tech executive Saikat Chakrabarti, who previously served as chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
“It’s official: I’m running for Congress to represent San Francisco! I’ll fight Trump’s takeover, for our values, & for real progress. I’ve delivered on housing, healthcare, clean energy, and civil rights – and I’ll do it again,” Wiener said last month.
“Let’s build the future our city & country deserve,” he added.
It’s official: I’m running for Congress to represent San Francisco!
I’ll fight Trump’s takeover, for our values, & for real progress. I’ve delivered on housing, healthcare, clean energy, and civil rights – and I’ll do it again.
Let’s build the future our city & country deserve. pic.twitter.com/4jDBha0F24
— Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) October 22, 2025
“I think she’s preparing to exit the stage,” a House Democratic leadership aide said, according to The Telegraph.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., reportedly will not seek reelection in 2026. https://t.co/o0SlMpwina pic.twitter.com/416YKGEJuU
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) November 3, 2025
The Telegraph noted:
After she lost her speaker’s gavel in 2024, Mrs Pelosi was widely seen to have drawn on her deep base of supporters to pile pressure on Mr Biden to end his faltering re-election campaign.
The former president is reported to have a grudging respect for Mrs Pelosi despite her “ruthless” decision to move against him, a Biden White House official told Politico last year.
Ian Krager, a spokesman for Mrs Pelosi, declined to say whether she will seek re-election to a 20th full term in Congress.
“Speaker Pelosi is fully focused on her mission to win the Yes on 50 special election in California on Tuesday,” he told NBC. “She urges all Californians to join in that mission on the path to taking back the House for Democrats.”