Freshman Dem Spanberger says she won’t break vow to oppose Pelosi

Rep.-Elect Abigail Spanberger is sticking to her vow to oppose Nancy Pelosi’s speaker bid, even as the California Democrat moves closer to securing the gavel.

“I said I would not support Leader Pelosi for speaker,” the Virginia Democrat said at POLITICO’s Women Rule Summit Tuesday. “I said I would be supporting new leadership or someone who represents new leadership, and this is my first opportunity to keep my promise to my soon-to-be constituents and that’s exactly what I’ll do.”

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Spanberger did not say who she would vote for instead of Pelosi, saying she would support someone who is “representative of what I believe to be the next generation of leadership.”

“I think we have a mandate from the American people, we need the Democratic Party to make a lot of changes and advocate for a variety of things and I will be voting for someone who I think represents those,” Spanberger said.

Of course, not all freshmen Democrats are opposed to Pelosi.