White on track to succeed Holmes Norton as DC delegate

Democrat Robert White is projected to win the party’s primary for Washington, D.C.’s, nonvoting delegate to Congress, according to Decision Desk HQ.

D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton’s (D) decision to retire after 18 terms teed up a competitive race for the position that gives D.C. representation in the House. Delegates are allowed to participate in debates but barred from casting votes on the House floor.

White, an at-large member of the D.C. City Council, is on a glidepath to win the seat this fall in the city where roughly three-quarters of voters are registered Democrats, according to Board of Elections data.

The crowded Democrat race was the most expensive on record for the office.

White, who previously served as legislative aide and counsel to Holmes Norton, is almost certin to win this fall’s general election. He is set to become the third-ever person to represent D.C. on Capitol Hill.

D.C., which is a federal district and does not have full representation in Congress, saw the establishment of the modem office of delegate in 1970.

Holmes Norton succeeded Democrat Walter Fauntroy — both African American Democrats representing a district where more than half of residents are Black, according to data from the city.

The House delegate is D.C.’s only representation in Congress, with no figure in the Senate and no votes in the Electoral College.

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