众议院议长南希·佩洛西周二宣布她将竞选连任。

“虽然我们取得了进展，但要改善人们的生活，还有很多工作要做。这次选举至关重要:我们的民主正处于危险之中。但是我们不痛苦，我们组织。我正在竞选连任国会议员，为人民服务，捍卫民主。-NP，”佩洛西在推文中说。

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随着关于佩洛西可能退休的谣言继续流传，她暂时将这些谣言搁置。

她总是可以在未来几个月宣布辞职，这取决于中期选举后哪个政党保住众议院——或者如果她赢得席位，她可以选择留下。

如果民主党保住众议院，连任声明并不意味着她一定会竞选议长。

如果他们在中期选举中保持多数席位，而她继续执政，民主党人可能会寻找新的领导人。

去年1月，众议院以216票的微弱优势再次选举佩洛西为议长，这让这位加州民主党人第四次担任议长。

佩洛西是唯一一位担任领导职务的女性，她此前曾表示，2022年后她不会竞选议长。

她将在三月份满82岁。

Pelosi announces she is running for reelection

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday she is running for reelection.

"While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. This election is crucial: nothing less is at stake than our Democracy. But we don’t agonize-we organize. I am running for re-election to Congress to deliver For The People and defend Democracy. -NP," Pelosi said in a tweet.

As rumors continued to swirl over Pelosi's possible retirement, she is putting them to bed -- for now.

She could always announce a resignation in the coming months, depending on which party keeps the House after the midterm elections -- or she could choose to stay if she wins her seat.

The reelection announcement does not mean she will necessarily be running for the speaker's gavel should Democrats keep the House.

And if they do retain the majority through the midterms and she stays in office, Democrats will likely be looking for fresh leadership.

Last January, the House narrowly reelected Pelosi as speaker with 216 votes, giving the California Democrat a fourth term as its leader.

Pelosi, who is the only woman to ever serve in the leadership role, has previously said she will not run for speaker after 2022.

She will turn 82 in March.