Nancy Pelosi Reelected Speaker<br />of the House in Narrow Vote.<br />Nancy Pelosi has won her fourth - and likely final - term<br />leading the House of Representatives as Speaker. .<br />She received 216 votes, narrowly beating<br />out House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy<br />who received 209 votes. .<br />Pelosi’s margin for error was slim, as<br />Democrat’s currently have their smallest majority<br />in decades due to seats lost in the recent election. .<br />Only five lawmakers broke rank,<br />voting for another candidate or<br />defiantly voting present. .<br />One of the defectors, Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, said it was “not<br />personal,” but that she felt the House needed “a different crop.” .<br />It’s not personal. It’s not malicious. It just<br />represents a feeling in my district that we<br />need more Midwestern leaders and we<br />need a different crop that represents a<br />broader swath of the country, Elissa Slotkin, via CNN.<br />Pelosi delivered a speech after winning the<br />speakership, saying the House’s most “urgent priority”<br />was to defeat COVID-19. .<br />Now is certainly a time for our nation to<br />heal. Our most urgent priority will continue to be<br />defeating the coronavirus. And defeat it, we will, Nancy Pelosi, via CNN.<br />She also said that the pandemic had<br />“pulled back the curtain” on disparities in the<br />nation and that they must “pursue justice.” .<br />We must pursue justice: economic justice, justice in health, racial justice, environmental and climate justice, Nancy Pelosi, via ABC News
