There could be major changes to D.C.'s political landscape next year as more than half of the city's elected seats are up for re-election. Ward 1 will get a new councilmember after Brianne Nadeau ...

With everyone agreeing on the larger problem (the president) and the solution (statehood), the candidates try to distinguish ...

Eleanor Holmes Norton. Now the 88-year-old Democrat is retiring after having been a diminished presence in recent years, and ...

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has been the lone voice in Congress for Washington, D.C. since 1991. And as the sole federal representation for the capital city, she has made granting statehood for the ...

“This is not 1990 anymore. Seniority is not the way out of Trumpism,” says Democratic strategist Joel Payne. As the Democratic Party continues to navigate its brand identity with the voting public ...

A new battle over D.C. Home Rule is unfolding on Capitol Hill after House Republicans advanced legislation that would permanently block the District from ever i ...

The race to replace longtime Congressional Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is emerging as a broader debate over how the ...

WASHINGTON — The race for D.C.’s non-voting delegate seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is officially underway, with two high-profile D.C. Councilmembers launching campaigns to challenge ...

The Democratic strategist described Norton as a "second mother" to her, but said "she is no longer the dynamo she once was." ...

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) released a video depicting herself as a “fighter” amid calls for her to step aside due to age concerns. Norton, first elected in 1990, is the oldest House member at ...

U.S. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who has represented the District of Columbia in the United States Congress for 35 years, has confirmed her retirement following news that her team filed paperwork ...