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Robert White Launches Primary Challenge to D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton

The three-term council member says the city needs a stronger defender given recent federal incursions into local control.

DC Councilmember Robert White, from center, joins elected officials in a call to end the presence of National Guard​ troops in the District of Columbia, at the Capitol, on Sept. 4, 2025.
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Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton speaks 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 in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP)
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Overview

  • At-large Councilmember Robert White launched his campaign Thursday, saying the city is "under attack" and needs "our best fighters" to defend it.
  • The 43-year-old praised Eleanor Holmes Norton as "our lion on the Hill" while positioning himself as ready to "take this torch" in a video announcement.
  • Norton, 88, has represented D.C. since 1991 and has indicated she intends to run again, even as recent public appearances have raised concerns about her capacity.
  • Donna Brazile publicly urged Norton not to seek another term, and other Democrats in the race include Kinney Zalesne and Jacque Patterson.
  • The contest unfolds as House Republicans push crime legislation for D.C. and Trump’s recent federal takeover of local policing and ongoing deployments sharpen the fight over home rule.