WASHINGTON — Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington, D.C.’s nonvoting delegate within the Home, informed NBC Information on Wednesday she was going to hunt one other time period in Congress.
A short time later, her workplace walked again the remarks.
It was the second time that is occurred this month.
Talking to NBC Information on Wednesday, Norton stated, “Yeah, I’m gonna run for re-election.”
A spokesperson for Norton later informed Axios that “no resolution has been made” about in search of one other time period.
Norton’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
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The conflicting responses from Norton and her employees echo an analogous proclamation earlier this month.
On June 10, Norton stated she deliberate to hunt re-election, telling NBC Information, “I will run.” She additionally disregarded critics who raised questions on whether or not she ought to search one other time period, saying, “I do not know why anyone would even ask me.”
Hours later, Norton’s workplace stated she needed to run once more however was “in conversations together with her household, buddies, and closest advisors to determine what’s finest.”
The questions over Norton’s future come at a pivotal second on two fronts. The Republican-led Congress is in search of to impose its will on Washington by repealing native legal guidelines on policing and voting, and a few metropolis leaders have questioned whether or not Norton is the precise particular person to steer the pushback. In the meantime, Democrats are within the midst of a reckoning over age and energy after President Joe Biden’s ill-fated try to run for re-election final yr and the deaths of three Home Democrats in workplace this yr.
At 88, Norton is among the oldest members of Congress.
An analogous miscommunication over re-election plans occurred with Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, who on the time was then the longest-serving senator, and her employees after an announcement introduced her retirement. Feinstein served within the Senate till she died in 2023 at age 90.
Norton has served within the Home since 1991. Earlier than she was elected to Congress, President Jimmy Carter appointed her as the primary lady to chair the U.S. Equal Employment Alternative Fee, in 1977.
Sahil Kapur reported from Washington, Zoë Richards from New York.
