Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may be leaving Congress - but her family’s interest in politics may not be over. According to reports, Christine Pelosi has been rumored to be eyeing her mother’s open congressional seat.
The 85-year-old’s retirement announcement Thursday has thrown the primary race to replace her wide open, with one of Pelosi’s own daughters rumored to be mulling a run for her mother’s San Francisco-based seat.
Pelosi, the daughter of late Maryland Congressman and Baltimore Mayor Thomas D’Alesandro Jr., confirmed that she would end her four-decade career on Capitol Hill in January 2027, telling her constituents in a video message: “Know your power. We have made history. We have made progress. We have always led the way.”
Christine - blue-blood Dem to her core, is supposedly a co-founder of We Said Enough, a group that works to stop sexual harassment in the workplace, but two other people make that claim, excluding her. She has long been evasive about her 'political aspirations'.
Christine, 59, has been involved with the Democratic National Committee since 1996, having served on its executive committee panel since 2017. However, California Democratic sources have warned that may be a point against her given the anti-establishment mood of many party voters.
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And of course, we have democratically elected representatives, not a hereditary nobility.
ReplyDeleteAs Nan The Ripper walks out Christine could probably just walk in and pick up where Nan left off.
ReplyDeleteI bet she already knows how to make millions from insider trading just like Nan.