EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi announces she will seek reelection in 2024 pic.twitter.com/jnjYHLtf3g
— MeidasTouch (@MeidasTouch) September 8, 2023
More power to our generation’s John Quincy Adams. Excellent story from the Washington Post [unpaywalled gift link] — “Former speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will run for reelection to House in 2024”:
Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Friday that she will run for reelection in 2024 for her San Francisco-area House seat, ending speculation about her political future after she decided last year that she would step down as the leader of the House Democratic caucus.
Pelosi, 83, said she had been receiving calls from people who asked if she could stay in Congress.
“I have decided now that in light of the values of San Francisco, which we have always been proud to promote, I’ve made the decision to seek reelection,” Pelosi said during an event at a labor hall in San Francisco on Friday morning.
In a 30-minute telephone interview Friday, Pelosi said the decision to remain in Congress came down to two critical things: the needs of her district and her ability to continue using her high profile to boost Democrats, particularly financially, ahead of the 2024 elections…
While she still does not intend to seek committee assignments, Pelosi said running for reelection allows her to “amplify my role” in helping President Biden and House Democrats in next year’s elections.
As long as she’s actively campaigning, Pelosi can keep raising money for her own campaign account, which hauled in more than $2 million in the first six months of this year. In a very safe Democratic seat, she pours most of that into helping other campaigns, including at least $400,000 sent to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee…
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