WASHINGTON — A DC Councilmember will run against Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton for her non-voting spot in the House of Representatives, putting an unprecedented challenge on an incumbent who has served in the seat since 1991.

Robert White, an at-large councilmember, pledged to D.C. voters through his X account in a front-facing video overlayed with the slogan "#FreeDC." The councilmember claimed threats to Home Rule have ramped up the need for new representation in Congress for the District.

"Sometimes history calls us to a different path, and this is one of those times," White says in the video. "This year our city has been attacked relentlessly: our money stolen, our communities threatened, our children afraid and no end in sight. I wonder if we can't turn back this tide, we won't even h

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