The 81-year-old California lawmaker was the first woman to serve as speaker and had been expected to step down, particularly as her party braces for a possible loss of its majority in the November 8 midterm elections.
Pelosi’s office declined to answer questions as to whether she would seek the speaker’s gavel again. “The Speaker is not on a shift, she’s on a mission,” a senior aide said. It would not be unprecedented for a speaker to run again for re-election and then announce later a decision not to seek the top leadership post again.
Looks like a fossil already, why is the US keeping these dust puffing old geysers...?
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