Eleanor Holmes Norton said she won’t run for re-election as the nonvoting delegate of Washington, D.C., and will leave Congress at the end of this term

Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 88-year-old nonvoting delegate representing Washington, D. C., has announced that she will not run for re-election and will leave Congress at the end of her current term. Norton, who has served since 1991, has been a staunch advocate for D. C. statehood and has expressed her commitment to fighting for the rights of D. C.