But with her grip on the job seemingly slipping and nine months to go until the Democratic primary, local politicians are bracing for a fight not seen since her first election in 1990. It’s like the floodgates opening, everybody runs.”One of those is Robert White, a current at-large D.C. councilmember. “She’s still a household name in the District of Columbia,” D.C. Democratic Party Chair Charles Wilson said. Norton is just the second person to hold the D.C. delegate position in the modern era after Walter E. Fauntroy, who served from 1971 until 1991. White said Norton has been a “lion for D.C.” but that intensity has been harder to spot lately.