D.C. delegate in Congress insists for second time she's running for re-election. Her office again says no decision yet.

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Source: NBC News

June 25, 2025, 10:27 PM EDT


WASHINGTON — Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, D.C.'s nonvoting delegate in the House, told NBC News on Wednesday she was going to seek another term in Congress.

A short while later, her office walked back the remarks. It was the second time that's happened this month.

Speaking to NBC News on Wednesday, Norton said, “Yeah, I’m gonna run for re-election.”

A spokesperson for Norton later told Axios that "no decision has been made" about seeking another term. Norton's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/dc-delegate-eleanor-holmes-norton-reelection-rcna215141

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She has a storied life - a Yale Law grad, involved with SNCC (like John Lewis), first woman Chair of the EEOC under Carter, and on and on. Organizing and agitating have been her life. It looks like her staff are trying to get her to become an "Emeritus", offer guidance as an elder, and pass the torch. But I think many of us know with people like her, what she is doing IS "her life". She just turned 88 a couple weeks ago.