Pelosi elected to fourth term as speaker

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California Democrat Nancy Pelosi won a fourth term with the speaker’s gavel on Sunday amid a slimmer majority and a caucus hindered by COVID-19.

Several Democratic lawmakers refused to vote for Pelosi, but she managed to secure a majority and prevail over Republican Kevin McCarthy of California by a vote of 216-208. McCarthy will serve as minority leader for the next two years. Every Republican voted for McCarthy.

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