Nancy Pelosi’s Daughter Launches State Senate Campaign Days After Mom Announces Retirement

Tom DuranteNov 10th, 2025, 12:18 pm

(Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle/AP photo)

Nancy Pelosi’s daughter, Christine Pelosi, is tossing her hat into the ring for the California state senate, just days after her mom announced her retirement from Congress.

The younger Pelosi, a longtime political consultant and former chairperson of the California Democratic Women’s Caucus, announced her campaign on social media on Monday morning.

“Hi, I’m Christine Pelosi. Attorney, author, advocate, wife, mom, and today, a candidate for California State Senate,” she says in a campaign video accompanying the post.

In courtrooms, campaigns and corridors of power, I’ve fought to build Power For The People. And that’s why I’m running for California Senate. pic.twitter.com/jncXmCCx6l

— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) November 10, 2025

The elder Pelosi, 85, announced on Thursday that she would not run for reelection after a historic congressional career that spanned four decades.

The retirement reveal was celebrated by President Donald Trump, who later relayed through Fox News reporter Peter Doocy that she was “evil, corrupt, and only focused on bad things for our country.”

Christine Pelosi, 59, is one of the former House speaker’s five children with her husband, Paul.