Eleanor Holmes Norton

Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic Party) is the U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia. She assumed office on January 3, 1991. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Norton (Democratic Party) is running for re-election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia. She declared candidacy for the 2026 election.^[source]

Biography

Norton was born in Washington, D.C. in 1937. She earned a bachelor's degree from Antioch College in Ohio in 1960, her master's degree from Yale University in 1963, and her law degree from Yale University Law School in 1964. Her work experience included working as a lawyer, professor, law clerk, and assistant legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union. She also served as chair of the New York City Human Rights Commission from 1970 to 1977 and chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1977 to 1981.^[1]

Committee assignments

U.S. House

2023-2024

Norton was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

2021-2022

Norton was assigned to the following committees:^[Source]

2017-2018

At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Norton was assigned to the following committees:^[2]

2015-2016

Norton served on the following committees:^[3]

2013-2014

Norton served on the following committees:^[4]

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Subcommittee on Aviation
- Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Building, and Emergency Management Ranking member
- Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment

Elections

2026

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
	Submit photo	Gordon Chaffin (D)
	Submit photo	Robert Matthews (D)
		Greg Maye (D)
	Submit photo	Jerry McClairn Jr. (D)
	Submit photo	Angel Rios (D)
	Submit photo	Kinney Zalesne (D)

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2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton defeated Kymone Freeman, Myrtle Alexander, and Michael A. Brown in the general election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)	80.1	251,540
	Kymone Freeman (G)	7.0	21,873
	Myrtle Alexander (R)	6.3	19,765
	Michael A. Brown (Independent)	6.1	19,033
	Other/Write-in votes	0.6	1,858

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 314,069
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton defeated Kelly Mikel Williams in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 4, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Eleanor Holmes Norton	79.6	72,979
	Kelly Mikel Williams	19.1	17,540
	Other/Write-in votes	1.3	1,164

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,683
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Michael A. Brown (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Myrtle Alexander advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 4, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Myrtle Alexander	88.6	2,022
	Other/Write-in votes	11.4	260

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,282
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Joan Malone (R)

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Kymone Freeman advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 4, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kymone Freeman	83.5	406
	Other/Write-in votes	16.5	80

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 486
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Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton defeated Nelson Rimensnyder, Natale Stracuzzi, and Bruce Majors in the general election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)	86.5	174,238
	Nelson Rimensnyder (R)	5.8	11,701
	Natale Stracuzzi (G)	4.9	9,867
	Bruce Majors (L)	2.0	4,003
	Other/Write-in votes	0.8	1,521

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 201,330
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton defeated Kelly Mikel Williams and Wendy Hamilton in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 21, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Eleanor Holmes Norton	86.7	107,289
	Kelly Mikel Williams	6.2	7,681
	Wendy Hamilton	6.2	7,680
	Other/Write-in votes	0.9	1,090

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 123,740
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Nelson Rimensnyder advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 21, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Nelson Rimensnyder	88.1	2,508
	Other/Write-in votes	11.9	340

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,848
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Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Natale Stracuzzi advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 21, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Natale Stracuzzi (Write-in)	0.0	0
	Other/Write-in votes	100	352

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 352
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Bruce Majors advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 21, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bruce Majors (Write-in)	100.0	87

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 87
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2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)	86.3	281,831
		Patrick Hynes (L)	3.0	9,678
		Barbara Washington Franklin (Independent)	2.3	7,628
	Submit photo	Omari Musa (Independent)	2.1	6,702
		Natale Stracuzzi (G)	1.7	5,553
		David Krucoff (Independent)	1.5	5,017
		Amir Lowery (Independent)	1.5	5,001
		John C. Cheeks (Independent)	0.9	2,914
		Greg Maye (D) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	2,263

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 326,587
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Ford Fischer (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 2, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Eleanor Holmes Norton	98.0	103,898
	Other/Write-in votes	2.0	2,100

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 105,998
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Greg Maye (D)

Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Natale Stracuzzi advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 2, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Natale Stracuzzi	79.4	367
	Other/Write-in votes	20.6	95

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 462
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Ford Fischer advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 2, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Ford Fischer	85.7	138
	Other/Write-in votes	14.3	23

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 161
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2018

See also: Municipal elections in Washington, D.C. (2018)

General election

General election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton defeated Nelson Rimensnyder, Natale Stracuzzi, John C. Cheeks, and Bruce Majors in the general election for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)	87.0	199,124
	Nelson Rimensnyder (R)	4.2	9,700
	Natale Stracuzzi (G)	3.8	8,636
	John C. Cheeks (Independent)	2.4	5,509
	Bruce Majors (L)	1.8	4,034
	Other/Write-in votes	0.8	1,766

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 228,769
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton defeated Kim Ford in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 19, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Eleanor Holmes Norton	77.0	60,842
	Submit photo	Kim Ford	23.0	18,178

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,020
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Green primary election

Green primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Natale Stracuzzi advanced from the Green primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 19, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Natale Stracuzzi	100.0	368

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 368
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Libertarian primary election

Libertarian primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia

Bruce Majors advanced from the Libertarian primary for U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia on June 19, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bruce Majors	100.0	111

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 111
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2016

See also: United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia, 2016

Incumbent Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) defeated Martin Moulton (L) and Natale Stracuzzi (D.C. Statehood Green) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No candidate faced a primary opponent in the June 14 primary.^[5]

**U.S. House, District of Columbia General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Eleanor Holmes Norton Incumbent	88.9%	265,178
	Libertarian	Martin Moulton	6.3%	18,713
	D.C. Statehood Green	Natale Stracuzzi	4.8%	14,336
Total Votes				298,227
Source: The Green Papers

2014

See also: United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia, 2014

Norton ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent the District of Columbia in the United States House of Representatives. Norton ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on April 1, 2014.^[6]^[7] The general election took place on November 4, 2014.

**U.S. House, District of Columbia Democratic Primary, 2014**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Eleanor Holmes Norton Incumbent	97%	73,218
Write-in	3%	2,251
Total Votes		75,469
Source: District of Columbia Board of Elections Note: Vote totals above are unofficial and will be updated once official totals are made available.

2012

Norton won re-election in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Washington, D.C. as a Democrat.^[8]

**U.S. House, District of Columbia General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Eleanor Holmes Norton Incumbent	88.5%	246,664
	Libertarian	Bruce Majors	5.9%	16,524
	Green	Natale Lino Stracuzzi	4.8%	13,243
	N/A	Write-in	0.8%	2,132
Total Votes				278,563
Source: District of Columbia Board of Elections "Official Election Results"

2010

Norton won re-election in the 2010 election for the U.S. House, representing Washington, D.C. as a Democrat.^[9]

U.S. House, District of Columbia General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Eleanor Holmes Norton Incumbent	88.9%	117,990
	Republican	Missy Reilly Smith	6.1%	8,109
	SHE	Queen Noble	0.6%	785
	Green	Rick Tingling-Clemmons	3.3%	4,413
	N/A	Write-in	1%	1,359
Total Votes				132,656
Source: District of Columbia Board of Elections "Official Election Results"

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Eleanor Holmes Norton campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2026*	U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia	Candidacy Declared general	$48,020	$51,673
2024*	U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia	Won general	$307,917	$312,252
2022	U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia	Won general	$286,464	$346,673
2020	U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia	Won general	$387,489	$359,425
2018	U.S. House Non-Voting Delegate District of Columbia	Won general	$419,730	$489,479
Grand total			$1,449,621	$1,559,501
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

Notable endorsements

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This section displays endorsements this individual made in elections within Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Notable candidate endorsements by Eleanor Holmes Norton
Endorsee	Election	Stage	Outcome
Kamala D. Harris ^source (D, Working Families Party)	President of the United States (2024)	Primary	Lost General
Andy Levin ^source (D)	U.S. House Michigan District 11 (2022)	Primary	Lost Primary
Joe Biden ^source (D, Working Families Party)	President of the United States (2020)	Primary	Won General

Personal finance disclosures

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