17 Black Women in Elective Office

17 Black Women in Elective Office


Eleanor Holmes Norton, House of Representatives

Washington D.C
Democrat
*non-voting delegate
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, serving her twelfth term as the Congresswoman for the District of Columbia, is the Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. She serves on two committees: the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Congresswoman Norton has brought significant economic development to District of Columbia, creating and preserving jobs in D.C. Holmes Norton brought the U.S. Department of Homeland Security headquarters compound to DC, now under construction, and it is the largest federal construction project in the country.


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