Eleanor Holmes Norton-Non-Non-Successful Delegate faces 88-year-old in Washington, DC, in the House of Representatives-calls from a prominent prominent strategic expert in 2026 in its last full year in Congress.
The head of the former Democracy Committee, Donna Brazil, who was the director of the Norton campaign when he was first elected in 1990 and its chief of staff for eight years, He wrote in an opinion article in the Washington Post On Monday, she should not seek to be re -elected during the middle of the period.
Brazil, 65, described Norton as her “dear boyfriend for 44 years”, her “border model, teacher” and “second mother”.
“But Norton, a democratic, is now 88 years old – the oldest member of the House of Representatives. The dynamo was no longer, at a time when the capital needs a kind of active representation in the Congress that it has provided for decades,” Brazil wrote.
She added: “It is in its interest in its interest, and the interest of the capital, has to serve its current term, but then ends its exceptional service in Congress and does not seek to re -election next year.”
Brazil continued to recount a number of Norton’s achievements in Congress, but said that Washington “is being attacked as at any time in modern history, and we need a new hero to defend us.”
“After I did a lot for the capital for a long time, it is understood that she wants to stay in Congress. Public service is her life. But no function can continue forever, and no one cannot be dispensed with. As I personally told her, retirement from Congress is the next next chapter – and for the region.”
She pointed out that members of Congress, such as Representative Jerry Nadler, 78; Senator Jin Shaheen, 78; Senator Dick Durbin, 80; The Senator Mitch McConnell, 83, all decided not to seek to re -election at a younger age than Norton.
Senator Chuck Grassley, R Aoa, is the oldest member of the Senate. 92 years old this week.
Norton said twice in June that she would seek to be re -elected, but her office made him again every time. Norton I told Axius In this month, she was “of course” nominated for his re-election-this time, her office did not go.
Norton’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday night on Brazil’s or Norton plans for 2026.
Norton is already facing basic challenges from many candidates, Including the former official Kenny Zallisen for DNC.
Norton Nefert Critical reports This year about whether it was decent to become a delegate in the capital, where the Trump administration placed the area at its intersection.
MP Jimmy Raskin, DMD, said in an interview with New York Times In June, Norton was an “icon”, but he said it would “take a new generation of leadership to win the country and today’s battles.”
Norton seemed to be struggling to walk alone because she left a press conference on the federal crime campaign in the capital two weeks ago. She held the arm of one of the assistants who walked her to the podium and told her, “I will be there.” After she spoke, Norton seemed to hold on to the platform until the assistant returned to help support her.
Norton has worked in the House of Representatives since 1991. Before that, in 1977, President Jimmy Carter called her the first woman to lead the Employment Opportunities Committee.