Nancy Pelosi Reelected Speakerbr of the House in Narrow Vote.br Nancy Pelosi has won her fourth - and likely final - termbr leading the House of Representatives as Speaker. .br She received 216 votes, narrowly beatingbr out House Republican leader Kevin McCarthybr who received 209 votes. .br Pelosi’s margin for error was slim, asbr Democrat’s currently have their smallest majoritybr in decades due to seats lost in the recent election. .br Only five lawmakers broke rank,br voting for another candidate orbr defiantly voting present. .br One of the defectors, Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, said it was “notbr personal,” but that she felt the House needed “a different crop.” .br It’s not personal. It’s not malicious. It justbr represents a feeling in my district that webr need more Midwestern leaders and webr need a different crop that represents abr broader swath of the country, Elissa Slotkin, via CNN.br Pelosi delivered a speech after winning thebr speakership, saying the House’s most “urgent priority”br was to defeat COVID-19. .br Now is certainly a time for our nation tobr heal. Our most urgent priority will continue to bebr defeating the coronavirus. And defeat it, we will, Nancy Pelosi, via CNN.br She also said that the pandemic hadbr “pulled back the curtain” on disparities in thebr nation and that they must “pursue justice.” .