Pelosi has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives since 1987.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has filed to run for reelection in 2026, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Pelosi, whose district covers San Francisco, has been in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1987. She was speaker of the House twice: from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023.
Pelosi has overseen the passage of historic legislation including Obamacare, stimulus bills, the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and COVID relief.
Pelosi was also speaker during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
In 2022, Pelosi announced she was stepping down from House Democrat leadership but would remain in the lower congressional chamber as a backbencher.
“Scripture teaches us that for everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven,” she said in a speech on the House floor. “My friends, no matter what title you all, my colleagues, have bestowed upon me—speaker, leader, whip—there is no greater official honor for me than to stand on this floor and to speak for the people of San Francisco.
“This I will continue to do as a member of the House, speaking for the people of San Francisco, serving the great state of California and defending our Constitution.”
Pelosi’s husband, multimillionaire businessman Paul Pelosi, was attacked in their San Francisco home in 2022 by an assailant who said he wanted to harm Nancy Pelosi. The perpetrator, David DePape, assaulted Paul Pelosi with a hammer and is now serving a state sentence of life without parole and a federal sentence of 30 years behind bars.