Not the first to ask him - there were, from memory, two state governors did yesterday, one of them Republican. The decision is up to Pence, but he needs the support of a majority of the senior members of the administration (i.e. the cabinet), or at least a majority of the ones that have not resigned already. The decision needs to be ratified by a two thirds majority in both houses, but they do not have to vote on it until 21 days later, by which time he is out of office anyway. So it would never come to a vote. I assume that since Pelosi is asking for it she has already got agreement from the Senate Majority leader not to vote before the 20th. She may, in fact, already have got Pence's OK before going public, although this could be to pressure him.
Pence has shown that he will not do anything blatantly unconstitutional, and by refusing to attempt the unconstitutional rejection of the electoral votes, he is already on Trump's black list, so there is little likelihood that he will act in any way other than what he thinks is both constitutional and in his best interest. Acting in a statesmanlike way is the sort of thing that could stand him in good stead in 2024, but the deciding factor is likely to be getting support of the remaining cabinet members, who were chosen for their personal loyalty to Trump, and are generally not very bright or competent. So this could be a problem.
Unless Pence can get almost unanimous support from these, it is unlikely, in my view, that he will act.
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