United States

Pelosi wins first vote on way to speaker job

Nancy Pelosi was nominated by fellow Democrats to be House speaker yesterday, but she still faces a showdown vote when the full House convenes in January. Pelosi entered the closed-door caucus election in an unusual position — running unopposed for the nomination despite the clamour by some Democrats for new leadership. The lopsided 203-32 tally showed both the weakness of her opposition.