Get closeup and personal with Nancy Pelosi

Now that Nancy Pelosi will be the next Speaker of the House, just who is Nancy Pelosi?

Pelosi was born Nancy D'Alesandro to Italian American parents in Baltimore, Maryland. The youngest of six children, she was involved in politics at an early age. Her father, Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland and a Mayor of Baltimore. While he was mayor, Nancy helped him maintain a ledger of political favors owed or performed. Her brother, Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro III, also served as Mayor of Baltimore, from 1967 to 1971.

Here is Ms. Pelosi's track record as an elected official in San Francisco, California:

Electoral History

2006 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - California 8th District (results not yet certified)

Nancy Pelosi (D) (inc.), 80%
Mike DeNunzio (R), 10%
Krissy Keefer (G), 8%
Philip Z. Berg (L), 1.5%

2004 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - California 8th District

Nancy Pelosi (D) (inc.), 83%
Jennifer Depalma (R), 12%
Leilani Dowell (PF), 3.5%
Terry Baum (G) (write-in) 2%

2002 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - California 8th District

Nancy Pelosi (D) (inc.), 80%
G. Michael Geman (R), 13%
Jay Pond (G), 6%
Ira Spivack (L), 2%

2000 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - California 8th District

Nancy Pelosi (D) (inc.), 85%
Adam Sparks (R), 12%
Erik Bauman (L), 3%
David Smithstein (NL), 1.2%

1998 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - California 8th District

Nancy Pelosi (D) (inc.), 86%
David Martz (R), 12%
David Smithstein (NL), 2%

1996 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - California 8th District

Nancy Pelosi (D) (inc.), 84%
Justin Raimondo (R), 12%
David Smithstein (NL), 3%

1994 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - California 8th District

Nancy Pelosi (D) (inc.), 82%
Elsa C. Cheung (R), 18%

1992 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - California 8th District

Nancy Pelosi (D) (inc.), 82%
Marc Wolin (R), 11%
James R. Elwood (L), 3%
Cesar G. Cadabes, (PF), 3%

1990 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - California 5th District

Nancy Pelosi (D) (inc.), 77%
Alan Nichols (R), 23%

1988 Race for U.S. House of Representatives - California 5th District

Nancy Pelosi (D), 76%
Bruce Michael O'Neill (R), 19%
Sam Grove (L), 2%
Theodore "Ted" Zuur (PF), 2%