Sources close to Nancy Pelosi expect the 85-year-old Democratic party stalwart to retire from politics next year.
Pelosi will make a speech addressing her future after Californians vote on whether to redraw the state’s electoral map to create more Democrat-held seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, according to NBC News.
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The state’s ballot measure Proposition 50 seeks to offset mid-decade redistricting efforts in red states including Texas intended to maintain a Republican majority in Congress.
Pelosi has represented the majority of San Francisco since 1987. Multiple Democratic insiders reportedly said they don’t expect her to seek reelection in 2026.
President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on May 3, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds the gavel she used in the House of Representatives 14 years earlier when the Affordable Care Act was passed during a news conference to mark the anniversary at the U.S. Capitol on March 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Congressional candidate Nancy Pelosi is pictured at her headquarters in San Francisco, April 7, 1987. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., middle, speaks to reporters after a campaign event on Proposition 50 in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)Show Caption1 of 4President Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on May 3, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)Expand“She’s going to go out with Prop 50 overwhelmingly passing, and what a crowning achievement for her to do that,” one of those sources told NBC News.
Pelosi hasn’t addressed primary challenges from younger Democrats bidding for her seat in the midterm election, though she appears to have the resources to go on the offensive. Her team hasn’t addressed speculation about her plans for 2026 and beyond. She filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Elections Commission in November 2024.
The former Speaker of the House has long been among the most powerful figures in Democratic politics. Pressure from Pelosi is believed to have led to former President Joe Biden abandoning his 2024 reelection bid.
Months earlier, Biden awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
She’s also been an effective antagonist against President Trump, who won that election to serve a second term in office.
Trump has also had tough words for his Democratic rival whom he called “crazy” during a 2023 speech. In the same speech, Trump made fun of her husband, Paul Pelosi, who’d recently been attacked and seriously wounded by a hammer-wielding man who broke into the couple’s San Francisco home.
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