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Pelosi hails from a strong family tradition of public service.  Her father, Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., served as Mayor of Baltimore for 12 years, after representing the city for five terms in Congress.  Her brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also served as Mayor of Baltimore.

Pelosi graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. in 1962.  Pelosi and her husband, Paul Pelosi, a native of San Francisco, have five children: Nancy Corinne, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul and Alexandra, and five grandchildren.

Pelosi began her political career after her children started school by volunteering for the Democratic Party.  She served as the State and Northern Chair of the California Democratic Party and Chair of the 1984 Democratic National Convention Host Committee.  She served as a Democratic National Committeewoman from California for 20 years between 1976 and 1996.

Once her children were grown, she ran for and was elected to Congress in 1987. 


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