Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was narrowly reelected for a fourth term as House Speaker on Sunday, The Hill reports.
The 216-209 vote was more dramatic than anyone would have guessed just two months ago, when Democrats went into the elections predicting big gains to pad their House majority in 2021. Instead, they lost at least 13 seats, trimming their numbers to just 222 seats and complicating Pelosi's effort to keep the Speaker's gavel for another two-year term.
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