News & Politics Who Will Run for Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Seat? A Guide to the Candidates and Rumors. As Washington chatters about Norton’s age, we got the insider gossip on who might challenge her. DC Elections, Eleanor Holmes Norton, House of RepresentativesJuly 31, 2025
News & Politics A DNC Official Will Run for Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Seat Kinney Zalesne filed paperwork Monday that would make her Norton’s first primary challenger. DC Elections, Eleanor Holmes Norton, House of RepresentativesJuly 15, 2025
News & Politics At Arena Stage Gala, Rutter Dances and Norton Falters Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton gave a garbled address, while fellow honoree Deborah Rutter referred obliquely to her defenestration from the Kennedy Center. Arena Stage, deborah rutter, Eleanor Holmes Norton, TheaterMay 2, 2025
News & Politics Does Eleanor Holmes Norton Still Have What It Takes to Fight for DC? The District’s only elected representative in Congress, the 87-year-old Norton has been advocating for DC for decades. As Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers meddle in city politics, can the “warrior on the Hill" keep pushing back? Congress, DC History, DC Statehood, Eleanor Holmes NortonApril 17, 2025
News & Politics Could a Pot Plant Be Coming to the U.S. Botanic Garden? Eleanor Holmes Norton sent a letter to the executive director asking for one. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Marijuana, US Botanic GardenMay 12, 2023
News & Politics DC’s Pro-Statehood License Plates Are Getting Even More Aggro The city is planning new plates reading "We Demand Statehood." Subtext is for cowards! DC Statehood, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Joe Biden, License PlatesFebruary 22, 2023
News & Politics Will the National Zoo Change Its Advance Reservation Entry Pass System? Eleanor Holmes Norton has asked the zoo to reevaluate policies that may be limiting visitor access. Eleanor Holmes Norton, National Zoo, PandasJanuary 11, 2023
News & Politics Supreme Court Rules That DC Should Not Have Voting Rights in Congress The four-sentence decision hinted that Congress, not the courts, should decide whether DC should have representation. DC Statehood, Eleanor Holmes Norton, Supreme Court, voting rightsOctober 4, 2021
News & Politics Eleanor Holmes Norton Denies Freeing Maryland Zebras DC's delegate to Congress says that while she has "been known to oppose unnecessary fences," she has an alibi. Eleanor Holmes Norton, ZebrasSeptember 10, 2021
News & Politics Texas Congressman Wants to Prevent DC From Instituting a Vaccine Mandate Pat Fallon's bill would prohibit the District from doing something it has shown no appetite for. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Home Rule, Pat FallonAugust 18, 2021
