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Eleanor Holmes Norton

DemocratEleanor Holmes Norton

U.S. Representative · District of Columbia

District of Columbia at-large

DemocratFederal

U.S. Representative from District of Columbia

0 tracked promises

District of Columbia · District of Columbia at-large

District of Columbia at-large

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How they won their seat

Eleanor Holmes Norton won the 2024 U.S. House election in District of Columbia (at-large) with 76.6% of the vote (251,540 votes).

76.6%
Win share
251,540
Votes for winner
328,404
Total cast
  • Eleanor Holmes Norton · Democrat76.6%
  • Kymone Freeman · Statehood Green6.7%
  • Myrtle Patricia Alexander · Republican6%
  • Michael A. Brown · Independent5.8%
  • Under Votes · Na4.2%
  • 2 Other Candidates0.7%

Certified results. Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (MEDSL) ↗. A plurality winner can hold under 50% when more than two candidates run.

Inferred legislative agendas

Eleanor Holmes Norton's record includes sponsored bills related to local governance issues, particularly related to the statehood of the District of Columbia and addressing civil rights and social justice matters. This is evidenced by her sponsorship of bills such as the 'D.C. Statehood Day' resolution (HRES 1244) and the 'Civil War Defenses of Washington National Historical Park Act' (HR 9597). Additionally, her committee memberships are related to transportation and government reform. Focus areas (from the record): D.C. Statehood · Civil Rights · Transportation · Government Reform · Social Justice Alignment with declared positions: Insufficient evidence. There is a lack of available data for comparison against her sponsored bills and voting record. Confidence: moderate (based on the volume of verified record on file).

Inferred, not stated. Eleanor Holmes Norton has not necessarily stated these as goals. This is an AI-generated, nonpartisan reading of the patterns in their verified record — sponsored legislation, committee work, roll-call votes, and campaign-finance composition — and how those patterns compare to any declared positions and tracked promises. It describes what the record emphasizes, never imputes motive, and is run through an adversarial review pass that scrubs bias, loaded language, and any claim the evidence doesn’t support. It is not a quote, a claim they made, or a rating; every underlying item is sourced in the verified record below; and it never affects the Integrity Score.

Showing 2017. Every tile and chart below reflects this window; some record types (e.g. roll-call votes) only have data for recent years.

Campaign finance over time

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Cash on hand · 2026
$385K
Raised, 20262026
RaisedSpentCash on hand
$0$125K$250K$375K$500K2026: raised $385K2026: spent $467K20262026: cash on hand $0
Where the money came from · 2026
Small-dollar (unitemized): $7K (2%)Large individual (itemized): $135K (35%)35%PAC / committee: $243K (63%)63%
  • Small-dollar (unitemized)$7K2%
  • Large individual (itemized)$135K35%
  • PAC / committee$243K63%

By election cycle. Source: FEC.

Committee memberships

Verified record

479 sponsored bills · finance on file

Facts imported directly from official government sources — shown separately from tracked promises and never folded into the Integrity Score. Each entry links to its primary source.

Campaign financeas of Dec 31, 1990

FEC 2026 cycle — raised $447,441, spent $446,856, cash on hand $0.

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Voting record

Total votes
66
Yea
9
Nay
50
Present
0
Not voting
7

Full voting record

66 votes
120 of 66
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Roll-call votes, 119th Congress. Source: Voteview (voteview.com). Click any vote to verify it independently.

Stated positions

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Disclosure
No undisclosed priorities on record

Disclosure

A separate measure from the promise scorecard above. It tracks confirmed cases where this official has acted on or championed an issue that already existed when they ran, but which they did not disclose as a priority in their campaign. Each case meets a high evidence bar — three independent sources — and the score is shown alongside the Integrity Score, never merged into it. How this is measured.

No undisclosed priorities on record. This is not a clean-audit claim — it means none have been confirmed for this official.

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