Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that people are asking her to consider another term in her position.
Pelosi, 82, did not state whether or not she would want another term as leader of the House, but will make a decision in the coming weeks, according to The Associated Press.
“People are campaigning and that’s a beautiful thing. And I’m not asking anyone for anything,” she said of the House Democratic leadership elections on Nov. 30. “My members are asking me to consider doing that. But, again, let’s just get through the (midterm) election.”
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 15: (L-R) Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and other Congressional Democrats hold a rally and news conference ahead of a House vote on health care and prescription drug legislation in the Rayburn Room at the U.S. Capitol May 15, 2019 in Washington, DC. The bicameral group of Democrats urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to bring the Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act up for a vote in the Senate. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The House majority remains unsettled as of Monday morning, with 19 races still undecided. Pelosi refused to say whether she felt Democrats would retain control of the House, but was “disappointed” with her party’s losses in places like New York. Should the Republicans gain control of the House, leader Kevin McCarthy is the frontrunner to become the nation’s new speaker. (RELATED: Don’t Worry About Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit. China Invaded Us Years Ago, Didn’t You Notice?)
Despite refusing to answer questions on her own political future, Pelosi said Sunday that she wants President Joe Biden to run for a second term in office, The AP continued. Pelosi claimed that “he has been a great president and he has a great record to run on.”