--- title: Nancy Pelosi Endorses Hillary Clinton for President description: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, endorsed Hillary Clinton on Tuesday morning, the day of her state's primary. canonical: https://time.com/4359555/nancy-pelosi-endorsement-hillary-clinton/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-07T12:07:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:48:21.180Z article:section: Politics og:title: Nancy Pelosi Endorses Hillary Clinton for President og:description: The endorsement comes as voters in California head to the polls og:url: https://time.com/4359555/nancy-pelosi-endorsement-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda26ebf86e9b48a5/698896b2cf40a81fc9c43877/nancy-pelosi-endorse-hillary.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Nancy Pelosi Holds Weekly News Conference On Capitol Hill og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nancy Pelosi Endorses Hillary Clinton for President twitter:description: The endorsement comes as voters in California head to the polls twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda26ebf86e9b48a5/698896b2cf40a81fc9c43877/nancy-pelosi-endorse-hillary.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nancy Pelosi Endorses Hillary Clinton for President  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jun 7, 2016 12:07 PM UTC  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi answers questions during her weekly press conference in Washington, DC. on April 29, 2016. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi answers questions during her weekly press conference in Washington, DC. on April 29, 2016.Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jun 7, 2016 12:07 PM UTC House Minority Leader [Nancy Pelosi](http://time.com/4153913/nancy-pelosi-questions/), a California Democrat, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday morning, the day of her [state’s primary](http://time.com/4357845/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-california-primary/). Pelosi’s endorsement follows news on Monday that Clinton clinched the number of delegates required to win the nomination, officially [becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee](http://time.com/4359288/hillary-clinton-democratic-nominee-woman/?xid=homepage), according to a count by the Associated Press. “Throughout her career, Secretary Clinton has demonstrated her commitment to children, to working families and to a brighter future for America,” Pelosi said in a statement. “In this campaign, we have seen her vision, her knowledge, her ability, indeed her stamina, to get the job done for the American people.” > [](https://twitter.com/ABCPolitics/status/740139440287318016) In an appearance on _Good Morning America_ on Tuesday, Pelosi said she voted for Clinton in the California primary and had withheld her endorsement because she’s a superdelegate and wanted to let voters decide. While she had been withholding an endorsement, Pelosi [said recently she was “very confident”](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/nancy-pelosi-hillary-clinton-endorsement-223191) Clinton will be president. “I congratulate and thank Senator Bernie Sanders for the great invigoration he is bringing to the presidential primary, and welcome the political and intellectual participation of his supporters to advance our shared fight for progress for the American people,” Pelosi said in her statement. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4359555/nancy-pelosi-endorsement-hillary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4359555/nancy-pelosi-endorsement-hillary-clinton/"},"headline":"Nancy Pelosi Endorses Hillary Clinton for President","datePublished":"2016-06-07T12:07:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:48:21.180Z","description":"The endorsement comes as voters in California head to the polls","url":"https://time.com/4359555/nancy-pelosi-endorsement-hillary-clinton/","keywords":["California","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda26ebf86e9b48a5/698896b2cf40a81fc9c43877/nancy-pelosi-endorse-hillary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda26ebf86e9b48a5/698896b2cf40a81fc9c43877/nancy-pelosi-endorse-hillary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Nancy Pelosi Holds Weekly News Conference On Capitol Hill","caption":"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi answers questions during her weekly press conference in Washington, DC. on April 29, 2016.","creditText":"Win McNamee—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":"https://time.com/4359555/nancy-pelosi-endorsement-hillary-clinton/","name":"Nancy Pelosi Endorses Hillary Clinton for President"}}]}] ```