District: California - 12th District Leadership: Minority Leader Political Highlights: Calif. Democratic Party chairwoman, 1981-83 Born: March 26, 1940; Baltimore, Md. Residence: San Francisco Religion: Roman Catholic Family: Husband, Paul Pelosi; five children Education: Trinity College (D.C.), A.B. 1962 Elected: 1987 Committee Assignments: None Social Media:
Roll Call Vitals
District Rating: Safe Democrat House Seniority: 10th ranked House Democrat Twitter: 1,287,501 followers State Clout: California is 1st on Roll Call's Clout Index, which measures influence in Congress by state
Election History
Margin of Victory (% pts.)
House Race
1987 Election Results
1988 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) Bruce O'Neill (R)
Votes
133,530 33,692
%
76.0% 19.0%
1990 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) Alan Nichols (R)
Votes
120,633 35,671
%
77.0% 23.0%
1992 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) Marc Wolin (R) Cesar Cadabes (PFP) James Elwood (LIBERT)
Votes
191,906 25,693 7,572 7,511
%
82.5% 11.0% 3.3% 3.2%
1994 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) Elsa Cheung (R) Robert Bowman
Votes
137,642 30,528 1
%
81.8% 18.2% 0.0%
1996 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) Justin Raimondo (R) David Smithstein (NL) Ed Murray
Votes
175,216 25,739 6,783 22
%
84.3% 12.4% 3.3% 0.0%
1998 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) David Martz (R) David Smithstein (NL)
Votes
148,027 20,781 3,654
%
85.8% 12.0% 2.1%
2000 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) Adam Sparks (R) Erik Bauman (LIBERT) David Smithstein (NL)
Votes
181,847 25,298 5,645 2,638
%
84.4% 11.7% 2.6% 1.2%
2002 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) G. German (R) Jay Pond (GREEN) Ira Spivack (LIBERT)
Votes
127,684 20,063 10,033 2,659
%
79.6% 12.5% 6.3% 1.7%
2004 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) Jennifer Depalma (R) Leilani Dowell (PF)
Votes
224,017 31,074 9,527
%
83.0% 11.5% 3.5%
2006 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) Mike DeNunzio (R) Krissy Keefer (GREEN) Philip Berg (LIBERT)
Votes
148,435 19,800 13,653 2,751
%
80.4% 10.7% 7.4% 1.5%
2008 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) Cindy Sheehan (I) Dana Walsh (R) Philip Berg (LIBERT)
Votes
204,996 46,118 27,614 6,504
%
71.9% 16.2% 9.7% 2.3%
2010 Election Results
Candidate
Nancy Pelosi (D) John Dennis (R) Gloria La Riva (PFP) Philip Berg (LIBERT)
