Eleanor Holmes Norton, a Democrat, sought election for her first term to the United States House of Representatives. Norton was opposed in this election by Republican challenger Harry M. Singleton and independent candidate George X. Cure, who received 26.31% and 5.11%, respectively. Singleton's performance was the strongest of any Republican candidate for this office so far. This resulted in Norton being elected with 61.67% of the vote.
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D.C. At Large Congressional District Election (1990)
1990, united, states, house, representatives, election, district, columbia, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspaper. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1990 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message On November 6 1990 the District of Columbia held an election for its non voting House delegate representing the District of Columbia s at large congressional district Incumbent Walter E Fauntroy D had stepped down earlier to run for Mayor of Washington D C Eleanor Holmes Norton D won the open seat All elected members would serve in 102nd United States Congress 1990 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia 1988 November 6 1990 1992 Candidate Eleanor Holmes Norton Harry M Singleton George X CureParty Democratic Republican IndependentPopular vote 98 442 41 999 8 156Percentage 61 67 26 31 5 11 Delegate before electionWalter E FauntroyDemocratic Elected Delegate Eleanor Holmes NortonDemocraticMap of the District of Columbia At Large district The delegate is elected for two year terms Contents 1 Candidates 1 1 Results 2 See also 3 ReferencesCandidates editEleanor Holmes Norton a Democrat sought election for her first term to the United States House of Representatives Norton was opposed in this election by Republican challenger Harry M Singleton and independent candidate George X Cure who received 26 31 and 5 11 respectively Singleton s performance was the strongest of any Republican candidate for this office so far This resulted in Norton being elected with 61 67 of the vote Results edit D C At Large Congressional District Election 1990 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Eleanor Holmes Norton 98 442 61 67Republican Harry M Singleton 41 999 26 31Independent George X Cure 8 156 5 11DC Statehood Leon Frederick Hunt 4 027 2 52Independent David H Dabney 3 334 2 09No party Write ins 3 669 2 30Total votes 159 627 100 00Turnout votes Democratic holdSee also editUnited States House of Representatives elections in the District of ColumbiaReferences edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1990 United States House of Representatives election in the District of Columbia amp oldid 1174193563, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,