US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that she will not seek reelection to the Democratic Party’s congressional leadership after Republicans narrowly regained control of the chamber.Pelosi, 82, who in 2007 became the first woman to serve as speaker to the US House of Representatives, has been the top Democratic lawmaker for nearly 20 years. On Thursday, she said she will continue to serve in Congress to represent her constituents in California, but she is ready pass the leadership torch to the younger generation.Her decision comes less than a month after an intruder assaulted her husband at the couple’s home in San Francisco in what US authorities say was a politically-motivated attack.
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