Pelosi to hand seat to daughter?As rumors swirl Nancy will be forced to step down after midterms wipeout, her activist daughter Christine is favorite to take over… with a little help from her mom's fundraising machinery and contacts
November 4, 2022
With rumors she plans to step down if a red wave hits in Tuesday's midterms, plans have already begun to succeed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Pelosi, who has served in Congress since 1987 and on two occasions as speaker, is currently helping her husband recover from a home invasion and attack
A story published Friday suggested that if Democrats suffer the expected midterms losses, Pelosi will step down, leaving her San Francisco seat open
Multiple local politicians appear to be setting up for a potential run at her heavily left-leaning district in 2024
One of the people who could be running for the seat: Pelosi's daughter, Christine, who is an activist, ex-assistant district attorney and former congressional chief of staff
At least one other candidate may try to outflank the liberal on both her left and right: State Senator Scott Weiner
With rumors she plans to step down if a red wave hits Congress in Tuesday's midterms, plans have already begun to succeed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in California's 12th congressional district.
Pelosi, 82, who has served in Congress since 1987 and on two occasions as speaker, is currently helping her husband recover from a home invasion and attack last week while trying to help her party avoid devastating in Tuesday's midterm elections.
One of the people who could be running for the seat is Pelosi's daughter, Christine, a Democratic activist who has served as a proxy for her politician mother, if her seat were to .
Multiple local politicians appear to be setting up for a potential run at her heavily left-leaning district in 2024, which President Joe Biden won in 2020 by over 70 points.
One of the people who could be running for the seat is Pelosi's daughter, Christine, a Democratic activist who has served as a proxy for her politician mother, if her seat were to open.
That could potentially make Christine the third generation in a long-running political dynasty, as her grandfather and Nancy's father, Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. was a real estate broker who served in Congress from 1939 to 1947 and as mayor of Baltimore, Maryland from 1947 to 1959.
Christine Pelosi, 56, is an activist who often appears with her mother at various events and even wrote a book about her in 2019: 'The Nancy Pelosi Way: Advice on Success, Leadership, and Politics from America's Most Powerful Woman.'
The Speaker yes, but not who takes over her House District. The Republicans need to run someone to take Pelosi's daughter down so she doesn't know what hit her. I mean of course, with debate and VOTES.
Thanks for explaining that, I learn something new each day here!