Nancy Pelosi won another term as Speaker of the House of Representatives on Sunday, eking out a close vote as the 117th Congress kicked off.
The California Democrat, 80, will hold the position for a second consecutive two-year term and fourth overall, having previously been elected in 2007, 2009 and 2019.
She emerged victorious with 216 votes to the 208 votes of Republican challenger Kevin McCarthy, also of California.
Two votes were cast for other candidates and three lawmakers voted present.
Pelosi was expected to come out on top, though by a narrow margin reflective of Republican gains in the House during the most recent election cycle and a Democratic party increasingly splintered along moderate and far-left lines.
Representatives could cast a vote for anyone — not limited to Pelosi or McCarthy, or even a lawmaker — declare themselves present, or decline to vote at all.
Pelosi is reelected as speaker, surpassing 214 votes.
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BREAKING: AOC votes to re-elect Pelosi Speaker of the House pic.twitter.com/XOoFy4tcto
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 3, 2021
BREAKING: Pelosi elected to 4th term as Speaker of the House with support from major progressive Reps. AOC, Jayapal, Khanna, Omar, Bush and more. She’s the first and only woman to serve as Speaker. Obama called her “one of the most effective legislative leaders” in history.
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Everyone in this picture voted to re-elect Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House https://t.co/wPvMP3wRuq
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) January 3, 2021
AOC, Omar, Presley, Tlaib, Bowman, Khanna, Bush, Jayapal have now all voted for Pelosi as Speaker of the House. The Fraud Squad to the rescue! pic.twitter.com/72WQVNpi5x
— Richard Medhurst (@richimedhurst) January 3, 2021
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