House Speaker Pelosi to stay in Congress but not seek Democratic Party leadership role

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington/Photo: AP

WASHINGTON: Nancy Pelosi, the only woman to ever be speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, announced that she would remain in Congress as Republicans take control of the chamber in January, but not seek a Democratic leadership position, ending her two-decade run as the party’s leader.