U.S. House

Eleanor Holmes Norton

Delegate from District of Columbia

Party: Democrat
In office since: January 3, 1991
Current term ends: January 3, 2027
Next election: November 2026

2026 election

Not on the November 3 ballot

Norton is not on the District of Columbia Board of Elections’s official candidate list for Congress this year. These are the candidates for DC-AL on the 2026 map.

Candidates on the November 3, 2026 ballot for DC-AL
Candidate	Party	Raised	Cash on hand
Denise Rosado	Republican	$6,188	$5,057
Robert White	Democrat	$827K	$40K
Kymone Freeman	Statehood Green	—	—

DC elects a Delegate to the U.S. House. The Delegate can vote in committee but cannot vote on final passage of bills on the House floor.

Official candidate list from District of Columbia Board of Elections, retrieved September 24, 2026. Write-in candidates are not listed. Fundraising from Federal Election Commission filings, reported through June 30, 2026; a dash means no FEC record.

On the record6 of 32 Scan statements

How Norton has voted on the DNA Scan’s statements

Some of the statements in the DNA Scan have come to a recorded floor vote in Congress. Below are Norton’s votes on them from 2023 to 2026: what each measure did, which way a yea pointed, and the official roll call. The other statements haven’t come to a direct vote, so we don’t guess where Norton stands on them.

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“Government should be reduced to the absolute minimum, or eliminated entirely.”0 of 8 votes agreed with it
1. Voted nayH.R. 8595Jul 15, 2026
  Amendment to the FY2027 national security and State Department appropriations bill to eliminate funding for the Fulbright Program; a yea removes funding for a federal program, toward the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 79-137 · Democrats 0-211Roll call Measure
2. Voted nayH.R. 4553Sep 4, 2025
  Amendment to the FY2026 Energy and Water appropriations bill to reduce unobligated funds from top-line accounts by $37,353,345,385.09; a yea reduces federal spending, toward the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 76-141 · Democrats 0-210Roll call Measure
3. Voted nayH.R. 4553Sep 4, 2025
  Amendment to the FY2026 Energy and Water appropriations bill to strike all funding for the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; a yea removes funding for a federal office, toward the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 127-88 · Democrats 0-209Roll call Measure
4. Voted nayH.R. 5894Nov 14, 2023
  Amendment to the FY2024 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill to reduce funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration by $536,922,000 to $0; a yea removes funding for a federal agency, toward the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 131-88 · Democrats 0-212Roll call Measure
5. Voted nayH.R. 4664Nov 8, 2023
  Amendment to the FY2024 Financial Services and General Government appropriations bill to reduce funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to $0; a yea removes funding for a federal agency, toward the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 140-78 · Democrats 0-208Roll call Measure
6. Voted nayH.R. 4820Nov 7, 2023
  Amendment to the FY2024 Transportation-HUD appropriations bill to reduce by 57 percent each amount of discretionary budget authority provided by the bill; a yea cuts federal spending across the bill, toward the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 104-114 · Democrats 0-211Roll call Measure
7. Voted nayH.R. 4821Nov 2, 2023
  Amendment to the FY2024 Interior-Environment appropriations bill to strike funding for the National Endowment for the Arts; a yea removes funding for a federal program, toward the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 129-87 · Democrats 0-205Roll call Measure
8. Voted nayH.R. 4394Oct 26, 2023
  Amendment to the FY2024 Energy and Water appropriations bill to eliminate funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy; a yea removes funding for a federal program, toward the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 105-110 · Democrats 0-209Roll call Measure
“Government should never monitor citizens' communications, even to fight crime or terrorism.”2 of 2 votes agreed with it
1. Voted nayH.R. 4639Apr 17, 2024
  Amendment to the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act to clarify that Section 2 shall not limit a governmental entity's ability to obtain information that would be obtainable without a warrant; a yea preserves warrantless access, against the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 75-139 · Democrats 101-107Roll call Measure
2. Voted yeaH.R. 7888Apr 12, 2024
  Amendment to the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act to prohibit warrantless searches of U.S. person communications in the FISA Section 702 database, with exceptions for imminent threats, consent searches and known cybersecurity threat signatures; a yea requires a warrant before such searches, toward the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 128-86 · Democrats 84-126Roll call Measure
“We have strong moral obligations to people in other countries, not just our own citizens.”5 of 5 votes agreed with it
1. Voted nayH.R. 3838Sep 10, 2025
  Amendment 23 to the FY2026 NDAA strikes funding for the Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid program; a yea removes aid to people abroad, which corresponds to disagreeing.
  House failed · Republicans 60-159 · Democrats 0-211Roll call Measure
2. Voted nayH.R. 8771Jun 27, 2024
  Amendment 54 to the FY2025 State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill strikes International Disaster Assistance funding; a yea removes disaster aid to people abroad, which corresponds to disagreeing.
  House failed · Republicans 101-108 · Democrats 0-204Roll call Measure
3. Voted nayH.R. 4665Sep 28, 2023
  Amendment 18 to the FY2024 State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill eliminates funding for International Disaster Assistance; a yea removes disaster aid to people abroad, which corresponds to disagreeing.
  House failed · Republicans 86-134 · Democrats 0-212Roll call Measure
4. Voted nayH.R. 4665Sep 28, 2023
  Amendment 22 to the FY2024 State-Foreign Operations appropriations bill eliminates funding for Migration and Refugee Assistance; a yea removes assistance to refugees, which corresponds to disagreeing.
  House failed · Republicans 121-99 · Democrats 0-212Roll call Measure
5. Voted nayH.R. 4368Sep 27, 2023
  Amendment 57 to the FY2024 Agriculture appropriations bill strikes funding for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program and directs it to the spending reduction account; a yea removes food aid for children abroad, which corresponds to disagreeing.
  House failed · Republicans 81-138 · Democrats 0-212Roll call Measure
“Abortion should remain legal and accessible as a woman's right to choose.”3 of 3 votes agreed with it
1. Voted nayH.R. 8070Jun 13, 2024
  Amendment 55 to the FY2025 NDAA (H.R. 8070) prohibits the Secretary of Defense from paying for or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services; a yea removes DoD payment for abortion-related expenses, disagreeing with the statement.
  House agreed to · Republicans 213-2 · Democrats 1-205Roll call Measure
2. Voted nayH.R. 2670Jul 13, 2023
  Amendment 5 to the FY2024 NDAA (H.R. 2670) prohibits the Secretary of Defense from paying for or reimbursing expenses relating to abortion services; a yea ends Defense Department payment for those expenses, disagreeing with the statement.
  House agreed to · Republicans 220-2 · Democrats 1-211Roll call Measure
3. Voted nayH.R. 277Jun 14, 2023
  Amendment 9 to H.R. 277 (REINS Act) expands the definition of 'major rule', which may take effect only if Congress approves it, to include any rule likely to result in increased access to abortion, abortion-related services or abortion-related travel; a yea adds a congressional-approval requirement specifically for rules that increase abortion access, disagreeing with the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 211-10 · Democrats 0-213Roll call Measure
“Combating climate change is important enough to justify significant sacrifices to our economy and sovereignty.”5 of 5 votes agreed with it
1. Voted nayH.R. 4394Oct 26, 2023
  Amendment 60 to the FY2024 Energy and Water appropriations bill (H.R. 4394) prohibits the bill's funds from being used to implement any of the Administration's climate change executive orders; a yea bars that funding, disagreeing with the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 192-21 · Democrats 0-201Roll call Measure
2. Voted nayH.R. 4665Sep 28, 2023
  Amendment 46 to H.R. 4665 (FY2024 State-Foreign Operations appropriations) prohibits funds from being used to implement the Paris Agreement; a yea bars that funding, disagreeing with the statement.
  House agreed to · Republicans 219-1 · Democrats 0-212Roll call Measure
3. Voted yeaH.R. 21Jan 27, 2023
  Amendment 72 to H.R. 21 (Strategic Production Response Act, which requires a plan to increase the share of federal lands leased for oil and gas before nonemergency SPR drawdowns) limits the plan to leasing that does not increase net carbon emissions; a yea constrains oil and gas leasing to limit emissions, agreeing with the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 1-210 · Democrats 192-18Roll call Measure
4. Voted yeaH.R. 21Jan 27, 2023
  Amendment 73 to H.R. 21 (Strategic Production Response Act) excludes from the required leasing plan any oil and gas leasing that would be inconsistent with the goals of the Paris Climate Accords; a yea limits federal oil and gas leasing to Paris-consistent leasing, agreeing with the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 1-218 · Democrats 198-11Roll call Measure
5. Voted yeaH.R. 21Jan 26, 2023
  Amendment 71 to H.R. 21 (Strategic Production Response Act) adds a rule of construction that the Act does not controvert the U.S. commitment under the Paris Agreement; a yea affirms that commitment within the bill, agreeing with the statement.
  House failed · Republicans 1-218 · Democrats 212-0Roll call Measure
“Citizens have a fundamental right to own firearms, including semi-automatic rifles.”0 of 2 votes agreed with it
1. Voted nayH.R. 8580Jun 4, 2024
  Amendment 10 to H.R. 8580 (FY2025 MilCon-VA appropriations) prohibits the VA from using funds to submit a beneficiary's name to the NICS list based on the VA's appointment of a fiduciary; a yea stops that basis for barring beneficiaries from buying firearms, agreeing with the statement.
  House agreed to · Republicans 204-1 · Democrats 7-192Roll call Measure
2. Voted nayH.R. 4366Jul 26, 2023
  Amendment 35 to H.R. 4366 (FY2024 MilCon-VA appropriations) prohibits the VA from using funds to submit a beneficiary's name to the NICS list based on the VA's appointment of a fiduciary; a yea stops that basis for barring beneficiaries from buying firearms, agreeing with the statement.
  House agreed to · Republicans 222-1 · Democrats 6-205Roll call Measure

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Committee assignments2

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
- Government Operations
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Water Resources and Environment
- Aviation
- Highways and TransitRanking Member
- Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management

Contact

Website: norton.house.gov
Phone: 202-225-8050
Washington office: 2136 Rayburn House Office Building Washington DC 20515-5101

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; votes from the Clerk of the House and the Senate, with measure summaries from the Congressional Research Service; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission; the November ballot from the District of Columbia Board of Elections. Updated October 5, 2026.

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