Speaker of the Home Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) introduced Tuesday that she will probably be operating for re-election within the 2022 midterms.

Pelosi, 81, who represents the San Fransisco-based twelfth Congressional District, launched a video on her political Twitter account stating that "we do not agonize–we set up."

"I'm operating for re-election to Congress to ship For The Individuals and defend Democracy," Pelosi tweeted, including that, in the course of the 2022 election, "nothing much less is at stake than our Democracy."

"When individuals ask me, what are the three most essential points dealing with the Congress, I at all times say the identical factor: Our youngsters, our youngsters, our youngsters," Pelosi continued. "Their well being, their training, the housing and financial safety of their households, a clear protected atmosphere wherein they will thrive, and a world at peace wherein they're all welcome."

"Our imaginative and prescient for a world at peace requires a powerful Democracy at residence for instance to the world," Pelosi added.

Persevering with on, Pelosi famous a few of her legislative accomplishments from her over 30 years of service within the Home. She additionally listed among the agenda gadgets that she hoped to attain if re-elected this November.

"My first phrases on the ground of the Home have been to battle in opposition to HIV/AIDS, to battle the illness, and discrimination," Pelosi acknowledged. "Working collectively, we handed the Inexpensive Care Act, strengthened social safety, medicare, and medicade, lowered prescription drug costs and at the moment are combating COVID - with fairness."

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Speaker of the Home Nancy Pelosi acknowledged Tuesday that she was operating for re-election in the course of the 2022 midterms. Right here, Pelosi, 81, might be seen throughout a press convention on the U.S. Capitol in early January. Alex Wong/Getty

Pelosi additionally spoke on her objectives of addressing a variety of different points, together with local weather change, entry to training, justice in policing, and gun reforms.

"Whereas we have made progress, rather more must be executed to enhance individuals's lives," Pelosi mentioned. "Our democracy is in danger due to assaults on the reality, the assault on the U.S. Capitol, and the state-by-state assault on voting rights."

"This election is essential," she concluded.

Pelosi is at the moment the one lady in U.S. historical past to have served as speaker of the Home. She was first elected to the Home of Representatives in 1987 and has been re-elected 17 occasions in whole since then.

She additionally served as speaker as soon as beforehand, from 2007 to 2011. This made Pelosi the primary speaker since Sam Rayburn in 1955, and solely the seventh in U.S. historical past, to serve a number of nonconsecutive phrases within the position.

She assumed her present position as speaker in 2019, after then-Speaker Paul Ryan declined to run for re-election. She was elected to her fourth and present time period as the pinnacle of the Home in 2021, defeating her GOP modern from California, Kevin McCarthy.

Her prospects for re-election as speaker are possible promising if the Democrats retain management of the Home, given the numerous help that Pelosi continues to see from her liberal colleagues.

Pelosi additionally enjoys massive help within the twelfth Congressional District, and CNN reported that she is going to possible preserve her seat in Congress even when she is ousted as speaker by a Republican majority.

She had beforehand acknowledged that she would most likely not run for re-election in 2022 following a reported take care of Home Democrats to retire on the finish of her present time period. Nonetheless, she additionally by no means particularly acknowledged that she wouldn't run, reasonably, she instructed reporters that "there was a transfer to place limits on the management and the chairs of committees. They mentioned they have been going to do it, they did not do it."

This left the door open for an electoral run this November, one which Pelosi has now walked by way of.

Newsweek has reached out to Speaker Pelosi's workplace for remark.

Replace (01/25/2022, 6:30 p.m. ET): This story has been up to date with further info.