{"id":2554173,"date":"2026-01-27T12:51:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eleanor-holmes-norton-says-its-time-to-lift-up-next-generation\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T12:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T17:52:28","slug":"eleanor-holmes-norton-says-its-time-to-lift-up-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eleanor-holmes-norton-says-its-time-to-lift-up-next-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleanor Holmes Norton says it&#8217;s time to &#8216;lift up&#8217; next generation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feleanor-holmes-norton-says-its-time-to-lift-up-next-generation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2554173&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), 88, announced she will retire at the end of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-thanks-ill-be-skipping-the-inauguration\/\" title=\"No Thanks, I...ll Be Skipping the Inauguration\">current term<\/a> after quietly ending her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campaign-2024-an-early-look-at-the-possible-republican-contenders\/\" title=\"... 2024: An Early Look At The Possible Republican Contenders\">reelection campaign<\/a>; paperwork to end the campaign was filed Sunday and first surfaced via public records, wiht Norton publicly acknowledging the decision in a Tuesday statement. She cited pride in her decades of work for D.C., called for &#8220;lifting up the next generation&#8221; of leaders, and said she will finish her term and continue activism after leaving office.<\/p>\n<p>Norton\u2019s final term had been shadowed by concerns about her age, health, and mental acuity. In October 2025 she was targeted by scammers posing as HVAC cleaners, and a police report described her as in the &#8220;early stages of dementia&#8221;; a caregiver, Jacqueline Pelt, was identified as her power of attorney. Norton\u2019s office disputed the police characterization of her health. Norton has served as D.C.\u2019s delegate for more than 34 years.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Eleanor Holmes Norton says it&rsquo;s time to &lsquo;lift up&rsquo; next generation in retirement statement<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2482602\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Del.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/eleanor-holmes-norton\/\">Eleanor Holmes Norton<\/a>&nbsp;(D-DC) announced on Tuesday her intention to retire from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\">Congress<\/a> after quietly ending her reelection campaign over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Norton, 88, filed paperwork to end her reelection campaign on Sunday without notifying the public &mdash; the news was only <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4432801\/eleanor-holmes-norton-ends-reelection-campaign\/\">picked up through public records<\/a>. She finally acknowledged the development in a statement on Tuesday, touting her accomplishments over her decadeslong career and saying she would pass the torch to the next generation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4435364\/sherrod-brown-loses-fourth-union-endorsement-jon-husted\/\">Sherrod Brown loses fourth union endorsement to Republican Jon Husted<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4435049\/democratic-candidates-dick-durbin-senate-seat-noncommittal-chuck-schumer-leadership\/\">Democratic candidates vying to fill Durbin&rsquo;s Senate shoes all noncommittal on Schumer leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4434936\/trump-whistleblower-alexander-vindman-launches-campaign-flip-florida-senate-seat\/\">Trump whistleblower Alex Vindman launches campaign to flip Florida senate seat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;With fire in my soul and the facts on my side, I have raised hell about the injustice of denying 700,000 taxpaying Americans the same rights given to residents of the states for 33 years,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The privilege of public service is inseparable from the responsibility to recognize when it&rsquo;s time to lift up the next generation of leaders,&rdquo; Norton added. &ldquo;For D.C., that time has come. With pride in all we have accomplished together, with the deepest gratitude to the people of D.C., and with great confidence in the next generation, I announced today that I will retire at the end of this term.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She said she would finish her current term, serving as &ldquo;D.C.&rsquo;s Warrior on the Hill&rdquo; until its conclusion. She also said she would continue her activism after stepping down.<\/p>\n<p>Despite her optimistic tone, Norton&rsquo;s final term was plagued by concerns over her age, health, and mental acuity. She waved off calls to step down for years, maintaining, as recently as June 2025, that she had no plans of stepping down.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to run,&rdquo; Norton<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/06\/10\/congress\/eleanor-holmes-norton-reelection-00397248\">&nbsp;told<\/a>&nbsp;reporters for&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;NBC News when asked if she would run for reelection in 2026. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why anyone would even ask me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Her hopes for reelection took a significant blow in October 2025 when she was&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3863816\/eleanor-holmes-norton-scammed-by-fake-cleaning-crew\/\">taken advantage of<\/a>&nbsp;by scammers posing as HVAC cleaners. A police report described Norton as having the &ldquo;early stages of dementia,&rdquo; something not previously known. A woman named Jacqueline Pelt was identified as Norton&rsquo;s caretaker and power of attorney.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4432801\/eleanor-holmes-norton-ends-reelection-campaign\/\">DC DEL. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON ENDS REELECTION CAMPAIGN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Though Norton&rsquo;s office was quick to counter the report, saying police were not qualified to make judgments on her health, the damage had been done.<\/p>\n<p>Norton has occupied her position for over 34 years, making her one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >longest-serving members<\/a> of Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleanor Holmes Norton retiring, ending reelection bid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2554174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/norton-reelection-age.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[56904,72026,43974,36550],"class_list":["post-2554173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-eleanor-holmes-norton","tag-leadership-development","tag-mentorship","tag-youth-empowerment"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/norton-reelection-age.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2554173"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2554177,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554173\/revisions\/2554177"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2554174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2554173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2554173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2554173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}