Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that she joined the ... Biden and Pelosi first met in 1983 at a California Democratic Party event honoring her tenure as state party chair. They bonded over their ...

Nancy Pelosi rose through the ranks of Congress to ... In 1976, she became a Democratic National Convention committee member. From 1981 to 1983, she chaired the powerful California Democratic ...

Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) talks to reporters during her ... Prior to that, Pelosi was the chair of the California Democratic Party from 1981 to 1983. The Californian Democrat also served as the House ...

1981-1983 - Chair, California State Democratic Party ... November 7, 2006 - Democrats win a majority in the House. Pelosi becomes the speaker of the House when the new congress begins in January ...

Even before former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made her first appearance at ... Rising through its ranks, she was party chair from 1981 to 1983, four years before she was first elected to Congress.

When Burton died of heart failure in 1983, his wife, Sala Burton, succeeded him. Four years later, on her own deathbed, Sala Burton made it clear who she wanted to replace her: Nancy Pelosi.

Unlike that time, or even when Nancy Pelosi first joined the House in 1987 ... Kaptur was first elected in 1983 and defeated an ‘election denier’ in this month’s Midterms elections.

Nancy Pelosi, who served as chairwoman of the California Democratic Party from 1981 to 1983, wins a special election in June to fill the remainder of the term of Rep. Sala Burton (D), who died in ...