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By Josh KoehnPublished Feb. 26, 2025 • (SFStandard.com)
In a potential sign that Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will step down at the end of her term, the campaign arm of House Democrats has started collecting biographical information on potential successors, The Standard has learned.
People linked to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which spent almost a quarter-billion dollars during last year’s elections, have begun gathering information about potential candidates as top donors are eager to know who could replace Pelosi, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
Pelosi, 84, has represented San Francisco for nearly four decades and twice served as speaker of the House. But concerns about her health and strategy in combating President Donald Trump have grown in the weeks since he reclaimed the White House. Pelosi held a press conference last week in San Francisco at which she insisted Democrats will win back the House in 2026 but made no mention of running for reelection.
