Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s long-serving nonvoting House delegate, has filed a termination report with the Federal Election Commission that ends her campaign for reelection and signals she will leave Congress at the end of her current term; reports identify her as 88 years old and note she has represented D.C. in Congress since the early 1990s. Newsweek reported Norton’s filing and quoted a post attributed to her on X announcing her retirement and reflecting on decades of advocacy for D.C. residents and statehood [1]. Other outlets covering the filing describe the same FEC termination paperwork and contextual details about her age, tenure and status as the House’s oldest member, noting she first took office after the 1990 election and has served multiple decades as a nonvoting delegate [2][3][4]. Her decision comes amid heightened scrutiny of her effectiveness over the past year as the federal government intervened in D.C. governance — moves that included federalizing the local police force, deploying National Guard units and sending federal agents into city neighborhoods — and amid a crowded and well-funded Democratic primary field preparing to compete for the open seat; local leaders including Mayor Muriel Bowser publicly praised Norton’s record even as some residents and officials questioned whether a new generation should take up the fight for D.C. representation [1][3][4]. Coverage also highlights Norton’s legislative achievements and long civil‑rights record — from leadership roles in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to championing tuition assistance and fiscal agreements that shaped the District — framing her as an influential advocate despite the limits of a nonvoting delegate’s role [1][4]. Practically, Norton’s exit is expected to produce a competitive Democratic primary in an overwhelmingly Democratic jurisdiction and to add to a larger wave of House retirements; analysts and local politicians emphasize both the symbolic end of an era and the tactical implications for D.C. advocacy and congressional politics. Reporting contains minor discrepancies on headline details — chiefly how many total years she is described as having served — but uniformly places her retirement within the broader story of D.C.’s long campaign for full representation and recent tensions with federal authorities [1][2][3][4].