Barack Obama won four more years last night, plus D.C.'s three electoral votes. Ballot initiatives in Maryland allowing gay marriage and expanded gambling both passed. In Virginia, Tim Kaine won a Senate term.
And in D.C., if you weren't following along last night, here's who won:
Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives: Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)
Chairman [...]
Today, all 12 members of the D.C. Council signaled their support for a voter referendum that would amend the Home Rule Charter and give the District control of its budget without having to get approval from Congress.
The city's attorney general says the effort probably isn't legal, but hey, why the hell not try? Even with [...]
A massive police shutdown outside the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., meant that Mayor Vince Gray and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton were unable to speak at a pro-D.C. budget autonomy rally today, according to D.C. Vote spokesman James Jones.
Gray and Norton were supposed to be the headlining speakers at today's rally, which Jones says [...]
Poor D.C.: It can’t get no respect in national politics.
The Republican Party, which is hosting its convention this week in Tampa, Fla., went out of its way to kick dirt in the District’s eye. The party’s platform committee wouldn’t even tolerate the vaguest hint of allowing D.C. to spend its own locally raised tax money [...]
David Grosso has that look crazy people get when they’re absolutely convinced a miracle is about to happen. The expected miracle: Grosso will upset At-Large Councilmember Michael A. Brown in November’s election.
Conventional wisdom says the little-known Grosso, a vice president at a health insurance company and former council staffer, doesn’t have much of a chance. [...]
Mayor Vince Gray and local Democratic Party leader Anita Bonds are concerned that Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton won't get to preach the gospel of "citizenship rights" for District residents at this year's Democratic convention in Charlotte.
Gray and Bonds sent a letter to Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, asking that Norton be [...]
If you're D.C. resident looking for a construction job on a federal project and feel like you've been given short shrift, head on over to the Rayburn House Office Building tonight at 6 p.m. and tell Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton about it. Or at least listen to her talk about it.
Norton is hosting a roundtable [...]
Last week, Councilmember Vincent Orange pleaded with his fellow Democrats on the D.C. Council to pick him as the ceremonial No. 2 pro tempore council chairman over Councilmember Michael A. Brown, a registered independent.
Orange said he would be made to look like an "idiot," especially when he traveled to the Democratic Party's national convention in Charlotte, [...]
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True to her word, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton has dropped her lawsuit against the District over a fender bender with a police officer, court records show.
