Nancy Pelosi predicts Dems win House gavel back in '26, reflects on career and Jan. 6 attack [View all]
Source: ABC News
December 28, 2025, 9:05 AM
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confident that Democrats will re-take the House of Representatives in the 2026 midterms and that Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries will hold the speaker’s gavel.
“Hakeem Jeffries is ready, he's eloquent, he's respected by the members, he is a unifier,” Pelosi told ABC News’ Jonathan Karl during a new interview that aired Sunday on “This Week.”
“You have no doubt it'll be Hakeem Jeffries?” Karl asked. “None,” Pelosi said.
The California Democrat, who stepped down from the party’s House leadership in November 2022, announced in November that she would not run for reelection in 2026. With about year left in her term, the longtime Democratic leader and first female speaker of the House spoke to Karl in Washington about her career, her relationship with President Donald Trump, and offered advice for Democrats going forward.
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