Pelosi Nominated Leader of House Democrats

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) smiles after receiving the gavel from Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after being elected as the next Speaker of the House during the first session of the 116th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 3, 2019. Win McNamee/Getty Images

House Democrats held their leadership elections on Wednesday and nominated Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as their speaker to lead them in the next Congress, but she is expected to hold a smaller majority and a more ideologically split party.

In their first virtual leadership elections, Democrats selected Pelosi as their leader. They also chose House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) to retain his position, Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) as majority whip, and Rep. Hakeem Jefferies (D-N.Y.) as leader of the Democrat caucus.