Nancy Pelosi has served in the U.S. Congress since 1987, and as of 2025 she announced she will retire and not seek re-election when her current term ends in January 2027. That means she will have spent about 40 years in Congress by the end of her tenure. The most widely cited fact is that she was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House (2007–2011 and 2019–2023) and that she has held leadership roles in the House for roughly two decades, with continuous service in Congress from 1987 onward.
If you’d like, I can provide a precise timeline of her terms (start dates, leadership positions, and term end dates) from authoritative sources.
