Nancy Pelosi fends off challenger Tim Ryan to maintain her leadership of House Democrats
House Democrats re-elected Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to serve another term leading the party beating insurgent Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio in a closed-door meeting, 134-63.
The leadership elections were scheduled to take place before Thanksgiving, but the vote was delayed to give Democrats more time to discuss a recovery plan. Pelosi, 76, promised to make some changes to appease those frustrated in her caucus. She pledged to add a member of the freshmen class to her leadership team.
After the vote, Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty put out a statement explaining her vote for Pelosi:
.@RepBeatty statement on why she voted @NancyPelosi for House Democratic leader over @TimRyan
Arizona Rep. Kyrsten Sinema released her own statement expressing her disappointment:
My statement regarding today's House Dem Caucus election:
This article first appeared on Salon's website on November 30, 2016.