DEMOCRATIC DEPARTURE: Nancy Pelosi steps down as party leader after 20-year tenure, silent on who should replace her.
Pelosi's two stints as speaker, from 2007-11 and 2019 to present, have seen Democrats accomplish big goals, but also face electoral repercussions.
Over Pelosi's tenure, several Democratic rising stars and would-be successors have lost re-election or left Congress to pursue other possibilities. While Pelosi's actions were heralded by Democrats, voters gave the party a massive rout in the 2010 elections. Democrats lost 63 seats, handing the House to Republicans until 2018. That cycle, Pelosi led Democrats back to power by a narrow margin. In her second stint as speaker, Pelosi fought against President Donald Trump's efforts to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
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