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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.
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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.