2026 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia

2026 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia
November 3, 2026
 
Nominee Robert White Kymone Freeman Denise Rosado
Party Democratic DC Statehood Green Republican
Incumbent Delegate

Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic


The 2026 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a non-voting delegate to represent the District of Columbia in the United States House of Representatives. In January 2026, incumbent Democratic delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton announced that she would not seek reelection to a 19th term. The primary elections were held on June 16.[1]

Democratic primary

Incumbent delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton stated that she was running for re-election in June 2025, however her staff denied that a final decision had been made.[2] Her office has had to walk back several statements that she has made to reporters as well.[3] She officially announced her re-election bid on September 4, 2025, and her staff stated that they had nothing to add.[4]

Norton faced calls to retire from figures like Representative Jamie Raskin and Norton's former chief of staff (and later Democratic National Committee member) Donna Brazile.[5] In October 2025, Norton was the victim of fraud, and the ensuing police report stated she suffered from "early stages of dementia" and that a caretaker held power of attorney over her.[6] Eventually, Norton terminated her re-election campaign on January 25, 2026.[7]

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn

Endorsements

Brooke Pinto
U.S. senators
Local officials
Organizations
Kinney Zalesne
Executive branch officials
U.S. representatives
Party officials
Newspapers

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2026
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Brooke Pinto (D) $1,252,427 $431,768 $820,659
Gordon Chaffin (D) $24,351 $21,805 $2,545
Kelly Mikel Williams (D) $3,962,768 $1,841 $3,959,482
Robert White (D) $414,432 $340,943 $73,488
Kinney Zalesne (D) $752,831 $286,247 $466,584
Robert Matthews (D) $49,078 $430 $48,647
Source: Federal Election Commission[39]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[a]		 Margin
of error		 Deirdre
Brown		 Trent
Holbrook		 Eleanor
Holmes-Norton		 Gregory
Jaczko		 Robert
White		 Jacque
Patterson		 Brooke
Pinto		 Kinney
Zalesne		 Other Undecided
City Cast DC/True Dot[40] May 12–17, 2026 487 (RV) ± 4.4% – 5% – 2% 38% – 21% 4% 1%[b] 29%
Lake Research Partners (D)[41][A] November 22–24, 2025 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 2% – 16% – 29% 1% 14% 1% 5%[c] 31%

Results

Results by ward:
  White—70–80%
  White—60–70%
  White—40–50%
Democratic primary results[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert White 86,871 63.61
Democratic Brooke Pinto 28,550 20.90
Democratic Kinney Zalesne 10,666 7.81
Democratic Trent Holbrook 6,100 4.47
Democratic Greg Jaczko 3,936 2.88
Write-in 455 0.33
Total votes 136,578 100.00
n/a Overvotes 539
n/a Undervotes 4,961

Statehood Green primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Kymone Freeman, radio host and nominee for this seat in 2024[13]

Results

Statehood Green primary[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
DC Statehood Green Kymone Freeman 607 77.72
Write-in 174 22.28
Total votes 781 100.00
n/a Overvotes 3
n/a Undervotes 96

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Denise Rosado, attorney[43]

Did not make ballot

  • Nelson Rimensnyder, perennial candidate[17]
  • Gavin Solomon, businessman from New York[44]

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2026
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Denise Rosado (R) $6,188 $1,062 $5,057
Source: Federal Election Commission[45]

Results

Republican primary results[42]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Denise Rosado 2,501 88.50
Write-in 325 11.50
Total votes 2,826 100.00
n/a Overvotes 13
n/a Undervotes 415

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Would not vote" with 1%
  3. ↑ 'Someone else' with 5%
Partisan clients
  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by White's campaign

References

  1. ↑ "United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia, 2026". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 2, 2025.
  2. ↑ Solender, Andrew; Dil, Cuneyt. ""She's missing stuff": Norton's colleagues see signs of decline". Axios. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  3. ↑ Schaffer, Michael (July 7, 2025). "An Elderly Lawmaker's Staff Keeps Walking Back Things She Tells Reporters. Should They Keep Quoting Her?". Politico. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ Solender, Andrew (September 4, 2025). "Democrats' oldest lawmakers aren't going away without a fight". Axios. Retrieved September 5, 2025.
  5. ↑ Uribe, Raquel Coronell (September 15, 2025). "D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, age 88, faces a high-profile call to retire". NBC News. Retrieved September 16, 2025.
  6. ↑ Segraves, Mark; More, Maggie (October 24, 2025). "Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton scammed at home by group claiming to be cleaning crew". NBC4 Washington. Retrieved October 25, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Wu, Nicholas (January 25, 2026). "Eleanor Holmes Norton won't seek reelection as DC delegate". POLITICO. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  8. ↑ Sentner, Irie (June 17, 2025). "Robert White wins DC delegate primary". Politico. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
  9. ↑ Vakil, Caroline (January 6, 2026). "Former senior aide to Holmes Norton launches bid for her seat". The Hill. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
  10. ↑ Payne, Sarah (April 30, 2026). "Who is Running for Nomination as DC Delegate in the Democratic Primary?". HillRag.
  11. ↑ Morris, Diane. "DC Council's Brooke Pinto running for Del. Norton's congressional seat". WTOP-TV. Retrieved October 6, 2025.
  12. ↑ Doran, Katie. "A DNC Official Will Run for Eleanor Holmes Norton's Seat". Washingtonian. Retrieved July 18, 2025.
  13. 1 2 3 Collins, Sam P. K. (September 23, 2025). "Amid Federal Intrusion, Field of Norton Challengers Expands". The Washington Informer. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  14. ↑ "MATTHEWS, ROBERT". Federal Election Commission.
  15. ↑ Gathright, Jenny; Flynn, Meagan (September 18, 2025). "D.C. Council's Robert White to run for House seat held by Norton". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 30, 2025.
  16. ↑ Flynn, Meagan; George, Olivia. "Eleanor Holmes Norton ends House reelection campaign". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  17. 1 2 Doran, Katie (July 31, 2025). "Who Will Run for Eleanor Holmes Norton's Seat? A Guide to the Candidates and Rumors". Washingtonian. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  18. ↑ Alex Koma [@AlexKomaDC] (January 23, 2026). "Some special election news: SBOE Pres. Jacque Patterson tells me he's dropping out of the delegate race and switching over to the independent at-large contest" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  19. 1 2 "List of Primary Election Candidates". District of Columbia Board of Elections. Retrieved March 17, 2026.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "D.C. Voter Guide 2026: Who's running to replace Eleanor Holmes Norton as D.C. delegate?". WAMU. Retrieved May 28, 2026.
  21. ↑ Heller, Nina (January 27, 2026). "Crowded race to succeed Norton includes two of her former staffers". Roll Call. Retrieved January 27, 2026.
  22. ↑ Spiegel, Anna (May 18, 2026). "D.C.'s restaurant industry is picking sides in the mayor's race". Axios. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
  23. 1 2 "Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC Endorses Robert White for DC Delegate". May 5, 2026. Retrieved April 19, 2026.
  24. 1 2 Giorno, Taylor (June 5, 2026). "The D.C. Delegate Race Is Already the Most Expensive on Record". NOTUS. Retrieved June 10, 2026.
  25. ↑ Eichholz, Jack (January 7, 2026). "2026 Endorsement Tracker". VoteHub.
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  27. ↑ "Daily Brew: April 14, 2026". Ballotpedia. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  28. ↑ "Largest Federal Employee Union Endorses Janeese Lewis George for D.C. Mayor and Robert White for D.C. Delegate to U.S. House". AFGE. May 28, 2026. Retrieved May 29, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Local 689 is thrilled to support these candidates who are champions for working families and public transit in DC!". Facebook. ATU Local 689. April 21, 2026. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
  30. ↑ "More endorsements from CIR members in D.C!". Facebook. Committee of Interns and Residents. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  31. ↑ Chibbaro Jr, Lou (May 14, 2026). "Capital Stonewall Democrats endorses Janeese Lewis George for D.C. mayor". Washington Blade. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
  32. ↑ "Announcing our endorsements for DC's next Mayor and Delegate". Free DC. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  33. ↑ "GGWash endorses Robert White for US delegate and Markus Batchelor for shadow senator". Greater Greater Washington. March 26, 2026. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  34. ↑ "Endorsements". JUFJ Campaign Fund. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  35. ↑ "Our Revolution DC is proud to endorse Robert White for Congress". Instagram. ourrevolutiondc. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  36. ↑ "Working Families Party Endorsed Janeese Lewis George for Mayor and Robert White for Congress in Washington, D.C." Working Families Party. January 20, 2026. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
  37. ↑ McIntire, Mary Ellen; Lesniewski, Niels; Altimari, Daniela (October 30, 2025). "At the Races: When the pain hits home". Roll Call. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  38. ↑ "Editorial: Primary Choices in Maryland, DC". Washington Jewish Week. May 27, 2026. Retrieved May 27, 2026.
  39. ↑ "2026 Election United States House - District of Columbia - District 00". FEC.gov. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  40. ↑ Schaffer, Michael (May 20, 2026). "City Cast DC Poll: Lewis George Leads for Mayor; Ranked Choice Could Boost McDuffie". City Cast DC. Retrieved May 21, 2026.
  41. ↑ "robert-white-poll-norton-dc-delegate" (PDF). Lake Research Partners. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  42. 1 2 3 "Primary and Special Election 2026 - Election Night Unofficial Results". District of Columbia Board of Elections. June 16, 2026. Retrieved June 17, 2026.
  43. ↑ "List of Primary Election Candidates in Ballot Order". District of Columbia Board of Elections. Retrieved May 31, 2026.
  44. ↑ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1912857". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  45. ↑ "2026 Election United States House - District of Columbia - District 00". FEC.gov. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved November 9, 2025.

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