(CNN) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a slim margin for error on Sunday when lawmakers return to Washington to officially usher in a new session of Congress and elect their new speaker. After serving 17 years as the House Democratic leader, Pelosi is running unopposed. "If Nancy can do anything, it is that she knows how to count," said Rep. Gerry Connolly, a Democrat from Virginia. In 2018, 15 Democrats defected from Pelosi but she can only afford to lose a few in 2021. And a handful of moderate and progressive Democrats, including Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger and Reps.-elect Cori Bush of Missouri and Jamaal Bowman of New York, have declined to say how they would vote.

Source: CNN January 03, 2021 12:11 UTC