The electoral history of Nancy Pelosi spans more than three decades, from the mid-1980s to the present. A member of the Democratic Party in the United States, Pelosi was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in a 1987 special election, after the death of Congresswoman Sala Burton that February. In the Democratic primary, Pelosi defeated San Francisco Supervisor Harry Britt, considered the more progressive candidate, with 36 percent of the vote to his 32 percent. In the subsequent run-off, she defeated Republican Harriet Ross, her closest competitor, by more than a 2–1 margin.
Now in her 18th two-year term, Pelosi has enjoyed overwhelming voter support throughout her congressional career. Since 2013, she has represented , which consists of four-fifths of the city and county of San Francisco. She initially represented the (1987–1993), and then, when district boundaries were redrawn after the 1990 Census, the (1993–2013). Despite re-districting, her support never wavered and she continued to win her elections by large margins. served as the House Democratic Party leader from 2003 to 2023, and sought election to the office of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives every two years during that time, of which four campaigns were successful. In 2007 Pelosi became the first woman, first Italian American, and first Californian to ever serve as the speaker of the house. Prior to the 2020 election in which Kamala Harris was elected vice president, Pelosi was the highest ranking female in American Political History.
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