Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the longtime Democratic delegate from the District of Columbia, announced on Jan. 27 that she is retiring from Congress at the end of this term.
“I’ve had the privilege of representing the District of Columbia in Congress since 1991. Time and again, D.C. residents entrusted me to fight for them at the federal level, and I have not yielded,” Norton said in a statement.
“The privilege of public service is inseparable from the responsibility to recognize when it’s time to lift up the next generation of leaders. For D.C., that time has come.”…
Eleanor Holmes Norton Announces Retirement After 3 Decades in Congress
