House Speaker EmeritaNancy Pelosiannounced on Friday that she will seek reelection to another two-year term in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2024.

“Now more than ever our City needs us to advance San Francisco values and further our recovery,” a statement posted on X reads. “Our country needs America to show the world that our flag is still there, with liberty and justice for ALL. That is why I am running for reelection — and respectfully ask for your vote. -Nancy”

Pelosi, 83, will no doubt face questions about her age in the lead-up to the 2024 election, particularly as some of her congressional colleagues have faced health woes in recent years.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) and husband Paul Pelosi (R) during the unveiling of a portrait of Speaker Pelosi at the US Capitol, Washington, DC, USA, 14 December 2022.

Republican Sen.Mitch McConnell, 81, meanwhile, has also raised concerns about his health after he froze during press conferences intwo separate instancesthat occurred weeks after being hospitalized with a concussion. McConnell’s current term is slated to end in 2027.

Then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi addresses the media minutes after the Supreme Court overturned ‘Roe v. Wade’ on June 24, 2022.Chip Somodevilla/Getty

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks to reporters minutes after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Roe v Wade, which guaranteed a woman’s right to an abortion, in the Capitol Visitors Center on June 24, 2022 in Washington, DC. The court ruled 6-3 in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health, overturning a 50-year precedent and sending abortion regulation back to the states. “Today, the Republican-controlled Supreme Court has achieved the GOP’s dark and extreme goal of ripping away women’s right to make their own reproductive health decisions,” Pelosi said

The long-time congresswoman raised speculation that she might retire when she told CNN’sAnderson Cooperin 2022 thata life-threatening attack on her husband, Paul Pelosi, may affect her decision regarding her future.

But in an interview withThis Week’sGeorge Stephanopoulosdays later, Pelosi cleared the air,telling the ABC News anchor, “I don’t have any plans to step away from Congress.”

Nancy and Paul Pelosi attend the 45th Kennedy Center Honors ceremony on Dec. 4, 2022. Mr. Pelosi was brutally attacked in his San Francisco home less than two months earlier.Paul Morigi/Getty

Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi attend the 45th Kennedy Center Honors ceremony at The Kennedy Center on December 04, 2022 in Washington, DC

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U.S. Capitol Police revealed that Nancy was in Washington, D.C. at the time of the overnight assault and his alleged attacker,David DePape, has since been charged with numerous offenses including attempted murder, attempted kidnapping, and assault, all of which he has pleaded not guilty to.

source: people.com