As they run for the same seat in Congress, Robert White and Trent Holbrook know all too well the power of a vote.
Why? They’ve lived it as former staffers to Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia’s nonvoting delegate — a role that lacks a final say on the House floor.
“These are not normal times. We cannot afford to have a novice who will take years to understand Congress and the delegate seat,” White said earlier this month.
