Longtime DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is ending her reelection campaign for Congress
Source: WSLS-TV Roanoke, VA/AP
Published: January 25, 2026 at 2:46 PM
WASHINGTON – Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress and a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement, has filed paperwork to end her campaign for reelection, likely closing out a decades-long career in public service.
Norton, 88, has been the sole representative of the residents of the nation's capital in Congress since 1991, but she faced increasing questions about her effectiveness after the Trump administration began its sweeping intervention into the city last year.
Mayor Muriel Bowser congratulated Norton on her retirement.
“For 35 years, Congresswoman Norton has been our Warrior on the Hill,” Bowser wrote on social media. “Her work embodies the unwavering resolve of a city that refuses to yield in its fight for equal representation."
Norton's campaign filed a termination report with the Federal Election Commission on Sunday. Her office has not released an official statement about the delegate’s intentions. The filing was first reported by NOTUS.
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Link to NOTUS article - D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton Files to ‘Terminate’ Reelection Campaign
Based on the NPR reelection tracker (last updated Jan. 20, 2026) - https://www.npr.org/2025/09/15/nx-s1-5534254/house-senate-retirement-tracker-2026
she would be #49 in the House.