Longtime DC House member Holmes Norton faces uphill reelection challenge with less than $7,000 cash

Washington, D.C.'s longtime congressional delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, is facing an uphill challenge to reelection with less than $7000 in cash on hand.

Norton, an 88-year-old Democrat who has held office as the district's non-voting member in Congress since 1991, only raised $3,227.30 between July 1 and Sept. 30, according to a quarterly disclosure her campaign filed Wednesday with the Federal Election Commission, NOTUS reported.

As a House delegate, Holmes Norton can vote on bills when they are in committee but cannot cast final floor votes.

As of Sept. 30, Norton's campaign had just $6,477.50 in cash on hand and is $90,000 in debt to Norton, who personally loaned her reelection committee money earlier this year, per disclosures.

Norton has repeatedly said she plans to stand for reelection next year, despite her office walking back the claim.

During the same period last election cycle, Norton raised $19,220 and had just over $1,400 cash on hand, but had no debt.

Some Democrats have publicly questioned Norton's ability to effectively represent the nation's capital amid President Trump's federal takeover. At times in recent weeks, she has been all but absent from the debate over the issue.

D.C. Council members Brooke Pinto and Robert White have officially entered the race to challenge Norton in the June primary.

Norton's campaign committee did not respond to NOTUS' requests for comment.