--- title: Nancy Pelosi Re-Elected as House Democratic Leader description: Nancy Pelosi has has been re-elected as U.S. House Democratic leader after a vote on Wednesday. canonical: https://time.com/4586318/nancy-pelosi-reelected-democratic-leader/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-30T17:17:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:03:42.514Z article:section: Politics og:title: Nancy Pelosi Re-Elected as House Democratic Leader og:description: Pelosi defeated Tim Ryan by 134 votes to 63 og:url: https://time.com/4586318/nancy-pelosi-reelected-democratic-leader/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt360f9341b13ab289/6988b021cf40a8266fc45b7d/gettyimages-615646136.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi Holds Her Weekly News Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nancy Pelosi Re-Elected as House Democratic Leader twitter:description: Pelosi defeated Tim Ryan by 134 votes to 63 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt360f9341b13ab289/6988b021cf40a8266fc45b7d/gettyimages-615646136.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nancy Pelosi Re-Elected as House Democratic Leader > Sponsored content. 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Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill Oct. 19, 2016 in Washington, DC. Pelosi held her weekly news conference to answer questions from the media. Pelosi has been re-elected as House Minority Leader. Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Nov 30, 2016 5:17 PM UTC Rep. Nancy Pelosi was re-elected as House Democratic Leader after a vote on Wednesday, defeating a challenge from rival [Rep. Tim Ryan. ](http://time.com/4585109/tim-ryan-age-of-anxiety/) Ryan (D-Ohio) hoped to unseat the longtime Democratic following a poor performance by the party on Election Day, which saw the Republicans hold on to the House and Senate and win the presidency. His challenge failed when Pelosi won with a vote of 134-63. The Democrats gained a disappointing six seats in the [House](http://time.com/4484114/joe-biden-congress-zika/?iid=sr-link9) on Election Day and are still in the minority with [194 seats.](https://www.apnews.com/02beb5e7f2454893b33ae8bb00e57d2a?utm%5Fcampaign=SocialFlow&utm%5Fsource=Twitter&utm%5Fmedium=AP) Pelosi (D-California) has led the party in the House since 2002, and has said that she will work with the [Trump administration](http://time.com/4573592/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-democrats/?iid=sr-link4) despite being critical of his transition team. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4586318/nancy-pelosi-reelected-democratic-leader/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4586318/nancy-pelosi-reelected-democratic-leader/"},"headline":"Nancy Pelosi Re-Elected as House Democratic Leader","datePublished":"2016-11-30T17:17:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:03:42.514Z","description":"Pelosi defeated Tim Ryan by 134 votes to 63","url":"https://time.com/4586318/nancy-pelosi-reelected-democratic-leader/","keywords":["House of Representatives","nancy pelosi","2016 Democrats"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt360f9341b13ab289/6988b021cf40a8266fc45b7d/gettyimages-615646136.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt360f9341b13ab289/6988b021cf40a8266fc45b7d/gettyimages-615646136.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi Holds Her Weekly News Conference","caption":"Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi Holds Her Weekly News Conference","creditText":"Alex Wong—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/house-of-representatives/","name":"House of Representatives"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4586318/nancy-pelosi-reelected-democratic-leader/","name":"Nancy Pelosi Re-Elected as House Democratic Leader"}}]}] ```