Will she or won’t she? Retirement hovers over Pelosi, and her city

SAN FRANCISCO — Nancy Pelosi flicked her hand like she was shooing away a gnat.

She had just been asked whether she was concerned about her new challenger in next year’s election to represent San Francisco in Congress. His name, Saikat Chakrabarti, is unfamiliar to many of the city’s voters. But it’s one that gets under Pelosi’s skin, given the tense history between the two Democrats going back to his brief and contentious time on Capitol Hill.

“I have them every time,” she said of challengers as she made the hand flick.