House Democrats nominate Pelosi for another term as speaker


House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) path to another term leading the lower chamber got clearer Tuesday after a majority of House Democrats nominated her in a voice vote.
Pelosi is running unopposed, but will still need 218 votes when her nomination is put to the test before the full House in January. She has a narrower majority than she did in 2019, and there are enough Democrats who opposed her then to theoretically block her re-election, but The Hill notes that Pelosi has already gained the support of some of those defectors, and she looks likely to come away victorious.
Democrats on Tuesday also nominated House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (R-S.C.), a key ally of President-elect Joe Biden, for new terms, meaning leadership will likely look much the same as it has for the last two years. Read more at Politico and The Hill.
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Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.
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