faced a challenge. did she survive? manu raju on capitol hill with the results. >> reporter: hey, john. yes, she did survive. nancy pelosi re-elected as the house democratic leader by a vote of 134-63. she of course has run this caucus since 2003, the most dominant leader of the house democrats in a very long time. but this is a significant challenge posed by congressman tim ryan of ohio. 63 defections is a significant number, nothing for her to sneeze at. last time she had a challenger back in 2010, keith schuler got 43 votes so 20 more defections in her caucus. something she needs to pay attention to, i'm sure she will, going forward. now, tim ryan, the ohio democratic congressman who mounted this challenge, had little shot. this was viewed as an uphill bid because nancy pelosi has deep loyalty within the caucus. she's raised a ton of money for