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    After leading her party to House majority, Pelosi faces battle for speaker's gavel

    by Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times Nov 07, 2018 4 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Nancy Pelosi won't have much time to relish her party's takeover of the House.

    Though she played a key role in helping Democrats regain the majority for the first time since 2011, Pelosi faces a new battle: regaining the speaker's gavel amid grumbling from a growing minority of rank-and-file Democrats about the need for new leadership.

    The San Francisco Democrat, who has led her party in the House since 2003 including four years as speaker, said Wednesday that she's confident she will be elected speaker again.

    "I don't think anybody deserves anything," Pelosi said, a reference to President Donald Trump's comment Wednesday that she "deserves" the job. "It's not about what you have done. It's about

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