Eleanor Norton

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in a generation, Washingtonians woke up to a general election lineup that doesn't include Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.

Norton, who served 18 terms as the District of Columbia’s nonvoting representative in Congress, 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. Voters choose their local leaders, but Congress has final say on the laws the city passes and its budget.

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A new era for DC politics

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