Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks to members of the media after a classified briefing on TikTok at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, March 12, 2024. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images )
"Speaker Pelosi is fully focused on her mission to win the Yes on 50 special election in California on Tuesday," Pelosi spokesperson Ian Krager said. "She urges all Californians to join in that mission on the path to taking back the House for the Democrats."
"Yes on 50" refers to Democrats' campaign asking California voters to allow the state's legislature to temporarily sideline its nonpartisan redistricting commission in order to pass a new congressional map giving the left an advantage in the 2026 midterms.
The push is spearheaded by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, in response to Texas adopting a new map giving Republicans an advantage in next year's races.
California State Senator Scott Wiener speaks at a "Just Majority" nationwide bus tour press conference to call for reforms to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 16, 2023, in Sacramento, California. (Kimberly White/Getty Images)
Saikat Chakrabarti, a software engineer and left-wing activist who served as chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is also in the race.
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Pelosi has been a power player in U.S. politics for decades, having served as House speaker from 2007 to 2011 and then again from 2019 to 2023.
She first came to Congress in 1987 after winning a special election to replace the late Rep. Sala Burton, D-Calif.
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