--- title: Nancy Pelosi-Backed Super PAC Concedes Likely 2014 Defeat description: Weeks before election day, Democrats have turned their sights to the next election cycle, hoping for better results. canonical: https://time.com/3528667/democrats-defeat-nancy-pelosi-house-majority/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-21T16:00:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:55:07.763Z article:section: Politics og:title: Nancy Pelosi-Backed Super PAC Concedes Likely 2014 Defeat og:description: Weeks before election day, Democrats have turned their sights to the next election cycle, hoping for better results. og:url: https://time.com/3528667/democrats-defeat-nancy-pelosi-house-majority/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nancy Pelosi-Backed Super PAC Concedes Likely 2014 Defeat twitter:description: Weeks before election day, Democrats have turned their sights to the next election cycle, hoping for better results. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Super PAC Backed by Nancy Pelosi Concedes Likely Democratic Defeat In 2014 > Sponsored content. 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Pelosi is barred by law from dictating messages to the super PAC, though it has a history of following her public comments. She has appeared at events for the group, which is run by former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee aides and focused on her goal of retaking House control. At a press conference earlier this month, Pelosi said, “I think we’ll do okay,” when asked about the upcoming election, before shifting focus to 2016\. “You know what, their days are numbered,” she said of Republicans. “I know that in two years there will be a Democratic Congress and a Democratic president.” At an event Monday in San Francisco with Hillary Clinton, Pelosi again focused on 2016, without predicting the outcome of the current election cycle. “I am frequently introduced as the highest-ranking woman in political office in our country,” Pelosi said. “I’d like to give up that title and elect a Democratic woman for President of the United States. And soon.” Last week DCCC Chair Steve Israel said the party is up for a “tough and unpredictable” election night, saying there are 32 races within six points—enough to tip the balance. But in recent weeks the party has had to refocus on shoring up its incumbents, not targeting potentially vulnerable Republicans. The House Majority PPAC email was sent in the name of former DNC Chair and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean. It says the party must keep fighting this year to maintain any hope of retaking the majority for the next Democratic president—a thinly-veiled hint to potential White House hopeful Hillary Clinton. “Important legislative actions like raising the minimum wage and immigration reform are virtually dead,” the email continued. “Instead House Republicans would prefer to waste their time trying to dismantle Obamacare. That is exactly the fate our next Democratic president’s agenda will suffer in 2016 if we don’t regain the majority.” “If we want to have a chance at 2016, we have to hold the line in the House now,” the email concludes. In a follow-up email to donors Tuesday morning, House Majority PAC Executive Director doubled-down. “Did you see Governor Dean’s message, friend? He’s right. 2014 isn’t about winning the majority — it’s about laying the groundwork for electing a Democratic majority in 2016 to get our next Democratic president’s back.” _Correction: The original version of this story misidentified the people who founded the House Majority PAC. 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