Nancy Pelosi calls Mamdani and El-Sayed's Israel views wrong before midterms
The gist
Nancy Pelosi called the Israel views of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed "wrong."
Her rebuke days before midterms exposes a Democratic split over Israel.
How it unfolded
- Nov 6, 2025Pelosi announced in a video message to San Francisco voters that she will not seek re-election at the end of her term in January 2027.
- Jun 29, 2026UC Berkeley announced it is joining with Pelosi to launch the Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy, a nonpartisan institute starting January 2027.
- Oct 9, 2026Pelosi made phone calls to undecided San Francisco voters at a phone banking session for Supervisor Connie Chan's congressional campaign.