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D.C. voters face a new political era without Eleanor Holmes Norton, after her 18 terms in Congress
Norton chose not to run for reelection after mounting concerns that, at 89 years old, she was no longer capable of forcefully combating a Republican-led Congress and presidential administration constantly overriding the heavily Democratic city's leadership.
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According to PBS News’s source item, D.C. voters face a new political era without Eleanor Holmes Norton, after her 18 terms in Congress, Norton chose not to run for reelection after mounting concerns that, at 89 years old, she was no longer capable of forcefully combating a Republican-led Congress and presidential administration constantly overriding the heavily Democratic city’s leadership.
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- D.C. voters face a new political era without Eleanor Holmes Norton, after her 18 terms in CongressPBS News - 2026-06-17T16:38:37+00:00
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