Before her historic Speakership, even before she got to the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi worked for years outside the spotlight as an official in the California Democratic party while she raised her family in San Francisco. That was until 1987, when tragic circumstances led her to do something she hadn’t considered before: run for Congress. Her first hurdle? A city in crisis and a motivated opponent from a community impacted by a deadly epidemic.<a href="https://www.kqed.org/news/12098628/the-ultimate-insider">Read the episode transcript.</a><a href="https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/thespeaker">Learn more at our website.</a>

Before her historic Speakership, even before she got to the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi worked for years outside the spotlight as an official in the California Democratic party while she raised her family in San Francisco. That was until 1987, when tragic circumstances led her to do something she hadn’t considered before: run for Congress. Her first hurdle? A city in crisis and a motivated opponent from a community impacted by a deadly epidemic.

<a href="https://www.kqed.org/news/12098628/the-ultimate-insider">Read the episode transcript.</a>

<a href="https://www.kqed.org/podcasts/thespeaker">Learn more at our website.</a>

1. The Ultimate Insider

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