She’s baaaack... with a surprise announcement for 2026

She’s baaaack.

Someone told the former Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, there would be a surplus of ice cream in town now that Biden’s leaving, which was enough to convince her to file for reelection.

Yep, you read that correctly. Days after winning her 20th term in the 2024 election, the 84-year-old lawmaker from California filed a document with the Federal Election Commission signaling her intent to run again in 2026.

You know, planning ahead. Just in case. One can never be too prepared to serve over 40 years in Congress. Duty calls!

Of course, running for reelection is merely a matter of course for career politicians like Pelosi. A habit. An inevitability. By now, she’s practically a fixture in the legislature — an immovable relic from a bygone era, born closer to Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration than the 2024 election. 

Speaking of inaugurations, did you know that Pelosi attended President John F. Kennedy’s inauguration? Two months later, she visited him in the Oval Office.

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Since then, Pelosi, elected to the House of Representatives during Ronald Reagan's presidency, has never been far from the action, serving as the first female speaker, overseeing the passage of landmark bills, including Obamacare and the Inflation Reduction Act, kneeling for nearly nine minutes while wearing a kente stole, impeaching Donald Trump twice, and dramatically shredding his 2020 State of the Union speech. Oh, and showing off a refrigerator full of ice cream.

Rep. Pelosi is a poster child for term limits. With every passing election cycle, incumbent perks pile up, making it more difficult for new faces to leave their mark on the branch allegedly most representative of the people. Interestingly, the median citizen age in the Speaker Emerita’s District — District 11 — is 38.7 years — about how long Pelosi has served in office. This means that potentially hundreds of thousands of Californians in her district have never had another representative!

A resounding majority of Americans agree we should send career politicians packing. But Congress and the federal government refuse to act on this critical issue of overwhelming bipartisan consent. Convention of States, the nationwide grassroots movement seeking to use Article V of the Constitution to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, impose fiscal restraints, and place term limits on federal officials, is hard at work to make the people’s federal career-ending dream a reality. To support our three subject matters — limits on federal power, spending, and terms of office — sign the Convention of States petition below!