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When you have your own Wikipedia page dedicated to your electoral history — and you have to scroll and scroll to get to the bottom of it — you’ve probably been in office far too long. But we don’t need Wikipedia to tell us that about Nancy Pelosi. The 84-year-old — 85 in March — has been a member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987. And the last time I saw her, she was hobbling around Jimmy Carter’s casket with a walker after suffering a broken hip.
Pelosihasfacedseveralprimarychallengersthroughouthercareer,butthesecampaignshavelargelybeenawasteoftimeandeffort.Evenin2024,Pelosiwonherprimarywith138,285votesor73.3%ofthevote,andherclosestchallenger,MarjorieMikels,onlyreceived9,363or5%ofthevote. AsbestIcantell,noneofherprimarychallengershaveeverreceivedmorethan11-12%ofthevote.
Could2026betheyearthatchanges?It’spossible.Atleast,onemanthinksso.SaikatChakrabarti,whoservedasAlexandriaOcasio-Cortez,akaAOC’s,campaignmanagerin2018,whensheseeminglycameoutofnowhereandwonherseatintheHouse,hasthrownhishatintothering.
