Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will defend a narrow majority in the November 2026 elections a year from now. A pair of retirements added new dynamics to the battle between Republicans and Democrats for control of the chamber.

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A Giant Steps Down in San Francisco

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 85, announced her retirement on November 6, two days after California voters approved a ballot measure that could net Democrats as many as five new congressional seats to counter Republican-led efforts to redraw state congressional maps in the middle of the decade.

Pelosi had relinquished the speaker’s gavel after Democrats lost the House majority in the 2022 midterms. Her retirement after nearly 40 years in office could put pressure on her former

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