Nancy Pelosi Announces Retirement

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday that she will retire from Congress in 2027, capping off a political career that spanned more than 40 years.

The congresswoman made public her decision to retire two days after one of her biggest political victories in recent years: a resounding win for a ballot measure in California that redraws the state’s congressional map to favor Democrats ahead…

Nancy Pelosi, 85, was the first woman elected speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and the first woman to lead a major political party in either chamber of Congress. Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Nov.6, 2025 in a video, that…

Representative Nancy Pelosi, the nation’s only female House speaker, announced her decision to retire after 39 years in Congress.

Nancy Pelosi, a California Democratic representative and the first woman to serve as speaker, announced on Thursday she will retire from Congress, two years after stepping down from House leadership.