Particle.news

Download on the App Store

Eleanor Holmes Norton Retracts 2026 Reelection Plan Again

Her team says she remains in discussions with advisers before deciding whether to run again.

Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) speaks at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol on March 10, 2024, in Washington, DC.
Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing to examine a Republican-led Arizona audit of the 2020 presidential election results in Arizona's most populous county, Maricopa, on Capitol Hill, on Oct. 7, 2021.
Image
Image

Overview

  • On June 25, Norton told NBC News she planned to seek another term; her spokesperson later clarified that no final decision has been made.
  • This is the second time this month her office has walked back her public commitment to run in the 2026 election.
  • Norton, now 88, has served as Washington, D.C.’s nonvoting House delegate since 1991 and was the first woman to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
  • Questions have grown about her ability to lead the effort against Republican-led moves to overturn local D.C. policing and voting laws.
  • Democratic lawmakers are weighing concerns over aging leadership after President Joe Biden’s unsuccessful reelection bid and the recent deaths of three House Democrats.