D.C. Council member Brooke Pinto (D-Ward 2) announced on Oct. 6 that she is running for the non-voting D.C. delegate seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the city’s June 2026 Democratic primary.

Pinto became the second Council member to announce they are challenging longtime D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), who has held the congressional delegate seat since 1991. Council member Robert White (D-At-Large) announced his candidacy for the seat in September.

Norton, Pinto, and White have been longtime outspoken supporters of the LGBTQ community. Norton introduced LGBTQ supportive legislation and has spoken out against anti-LGBTQ legislation in the U.S. House since first taking office in a position that allows her to speak on the House floor and vote in committee but doesn’t allow

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