House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi Nancy PelosiPelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' On The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Trump signs largely symbolic pre-existing conditions order amid lawsuit MORE (D-Calif.) said she saw herself as "a transitional figure" if Democrats take control of the House of Representatives after November’s midterm elections.

Though she expressed confidence she would again become Speaker should Democrats win control of the chamber, she did not give a timeframe for how long she would want to remain in that post, according to an interview with the Los Angeles Times.

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“I see myself as a transitional figure,” said Pelosi. “I have things to do. Books to write, places to go, grandchildren, first and foremost, to love.”

But she also noted: “Do you think I would make myself a lame duck right here over this double-espresso?”

Pelosi added she felt it was important to remain in office at least through the remainder of President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE's term.

“I feel a very strong responsibility to stay in this office for at least the next two years while he’s president,” Pelosi said. “And let’s hope it doesn’t go any longer than that for him.”

Pelosi became the House’s first female Speaker in 2007 but lost the post in 2010 when Republican took the chamber.

She added she would like to hand the Speaker’s gavel off to another woman, but also noted she would not hand-pick her successor.

“Whoever is next is not up to me,” she said. “If I were saying, ‘I want so-and-so to be my successor,’ that’s not right.”

Pelosi has become a drag for some Democrats running in tight House races as Republicans have sought to tie those candidates with the San Francisco congresswoman.

An NBC News tally in August found that 58 House Democratic candidates and incumbents will not support her as Speaker if Democrats take back the House in November.

Rep. Jim Clyburn James (Jim) Enos ClyburnMcEnany says Trump will accept result of 'free and fair election' Fauci, Black Lives Matter founders included on Time's 100 Most Influential People list Azar to testify before House coronavirus subcommittee MORE (D-S.C.), who is currently the third highest ranking Democrat in the House, and Rep. Steny Hoyer Steny Hamilton HoyerOn The Money: Anxious Democrats push for vote on COVID-19 aid | Pelosi, Mnuchin ready to restart talks | Weekly jobless claims increase | Senate treads close to shutdown deadline Vulnerable Democrats tell Pelosi COVID-19 compromise 'essential' Anxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid MORE (D-Md.), currently the House Minority Whip, have both expressed interest in the House’s top job.