A Punchbowl News poll taken among senior House staffers showed that 60% think House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) will retire after the midterm elections.
Of general House staffers, 54% think she will retire.
The senior staffers said Pelosi would not announce retirement in the middle of a legislative session, but has said repeatedly that this would be her last session as speaker.
She said in January that she would run for re-election when reporters pressed her on the issue as a wave of Democrats announced retirements.
She is the most unpopular Democrat in Congress, according to polls.
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