Democrats gambled on peeling affluent, educated GOP voters in the suburban Atlanta district away from Karen Handel, the GOP candidate.
"We need leadership change", Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., told CNN.
JOE CROWLEY: We're disappointed. Democratic Party divisions are on stark display after a disappointing special election loss in a hard-fought Georgia congressional race. And who do you think should be the top House Democrat? Democrats, however, gained a combined 71 points from the previous election, she pointed out.
The most recent loss before Atalanta came despite a major scandal engulfing their opponent on election eve.
He said the Democratic Party, however, isn't self-aware enough to realize that they'll always have an uphill battle if she's the face of the party. "It's clear, that I think, across the board in the Democratic Party, we need new leadership".
BENNETT: Like Ryan, Congressman Seth Moulton of MA is also venting about the loss. And replacing Pelosi with the last surviving blue dog Democrat would only make that problem worse.
Trump himself weighed in over Twitter Thursday morning with digs at Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of NY. Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader. Moulton is a 38-year-old Iraq war veteran elected to Congress in 2014. "But she certainly is one of the reasons". You're responsible for everything your platoon does or fails to do. That's the most important part. Pelosi has led the Democratic caucus in the House since 2003, and in March said she would have retired had Hillary Clinton won the election.
Jedediah Bila then joined the discussion by stating: "Not only did he not move into the district, but a vast majority of his donors live outside the state", especially California, the home of Hollywood liberals.
Pelosi held onto her position by a vote of 134 to 63.
"This is not anything personal between me and Nancy Pelosi". Nancy Pelosi's liberal agenda put America 20 trillion in debt, and Jon Ossoff is on her side.
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And a scrum advantage where we missed a first-up tackle. "We need to learn from that and make sure we're better in that area next week".
That's right, for all the whining and handwringing, after all the attack ads and cheap shots, by some measures, Paul Ryan is actually less popular than Nancy Pelosi. And everybody knows where I stand on this.
Rep. Tim Ryan, D.
Pelosi, 77, has led the House Democratic caucus for almost 15 years, from the minority into the majority and back again.
The memo talks about specific districts in Florida, New Jersey and Arizona where the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says it has "tested the named head-to-head between Republican incumbents and specific Democrats, and the results are staggering".
BILL PASCRELL: They demonized Nancy in 2010.
"My decision of how long to stay is not up to them", she concluded. We're used to that.
On Wednesday, Pelosi attempted to reassure dejected Democrats after the party spent millions of dollars in the election, only to come up short yet again.
The Georgia race featured a nail-biting finish, with the possibility of flipping a traditionally-Republican district.
"What will more than US$30 million (S$42 million) get you?"
Georgia's state of mind and message for the nation after the most expensive congressional race ever. They argue it shows their chances are good of retaking control of the House in next year's midterm elections.
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