Nancy Pelosi, 83, to Run for Re-Election

 

Nancy Pelosi was first elected to Congress in 1987 and served as speaker twice—from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to early 2023. PHOTO: TOM WILLIAMS/ZUMA PRESS

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) said she will run for another term representing her San Francisco district, aiming to continue to serve in Congress into her mid-80s after relinquishing her leadership role.

“Now more than ever our City needs us to advance San Francisco values and further our recovery. Our country needs America to show the world that our flag is still there, with liberty and justice for ALL,” Pelosi said in announcing her plans.

The district is solidly Democratic, and she is unlikely to face a strong primary challenge. Pelosi is a top fundraiser for the Democratic Party and has been an outspoken critic of former President Donald Trump. During the 2022 election cycle, her victory fund, a joint fundraising committee for herself and other Democrats, raised about $36 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. 

Pelosi, 83 years old, was first elected to Congress in 1987. She served as speaker twice—from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to early 2023. She left leadership after Republicans won back the House in the 2022 elections. 

Her husband, Paul Pelosi, was assaulted by an intruder in their home just ahead of the election, an attack she said weighed on her decisions about her future.

After stepping down, she was succeeded as Democratic leader by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York.

Pelosi’s decision comes amid broad scrutiny of older members of Congress as well as President Biden, who is 80. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), 81, has faced questions about his health following two episodes where he froze up at news conferences, and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), 90, has struggled with health problems this year amid longstanding questions about her fitness.

Pelosi has defended Feinstein’s decision to remain in office despite recent health problems, telling Politico in an article published Thursday that her Democratic colleague was “doing OK” and downplaying the severity of her health struggles. 

According to the Congressional Research Service, the average age of House members at the beginning of the current term was 57.9 years old, and the average age of senators was 64.0. Both figures were down slightly from the averages of the previous term that began in 2021, the oldest House and Senate on record.

 

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所有跟帖： 

• Because life expectancy gets longer? -baden- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 11:47:43

• 這些baby boomers 真的自私一輩子。到了八十多歲還不肯放過美國 -randomness- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 11:51:08

• Pelosi比baby boomers 還老，但在美國不能年齡歧視 -BeLe- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 11:52:58

• 這群人什麽都是baby boomer，Bele，按她們你也是boomer -baden- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 12:01:41

• boomer是美國特有的國情 -avw- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 12:04:45

• 沒生在美國就不是boomer -randomness- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 12:09:09

• 是好事，說明沒有年齡歧視。是騾子是馬都拉出來遛遛，選民看不上的自然就淘汰了。 -phoenix05- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 11:55:04

• 怎麽就不能選？選民願意就可以。 -高山峻嶺流水人家- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 11:56:50

• 這是躺贏的情況。house就是個loophole，隻要有個小選區支持，可以穩穩地幹一輩子 -avw- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 11:57:02

• 實事求是的說，佩羅西思路嘴巴比那誰和誰清楚多了。她下去了，換個極左年輕瘋子上台嗎？ -ginger2003- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 13:07:22

• 那誰和誰老年癡呆越來越厲害了，選民也沒啥意見。 -ginger2003- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/08/2023 postreply 13:09:57