Kinney For DC
July 21, 2025

Kinney Zalesne announces run for DC Delegate

Longtime Washingtonian and national leader enters race for DC Delegate, and 24 hours later announces $250,000 in contributions

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 23, 2025

“Kinney has a rare ability to see possibility where others see roadblocks. She leads with toughness and grace, and has spent her career making institutions more inclusive, more effective, and more humane.” – Jaime Harrison

“And former DNC Chair Jaime Harrison is supporting Kinney Zalesne, a onetime DNC official, in her Democratic primary challenge to longtime D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton.”

By Daniela Altimari, Niels Lesniewski and Mary Ellen McIntire
October 30, 2025 at 3:13pm

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton gets outraised by challengers

“… former DNC official Kinney Zalesne, 59, one of the first candidates to jump into the race, reported raising $435,000.”

By Cuneyt Dil and Andrew Solender
October 17, 2025

Older Democrats are Getting Crushed in the Cash Wars

“The statistic highlights an unusually large number of credible Democratic primary challenges this election cycle as younger party members mount a major push for generational change.”

By Andrew Solender
October 16, 2025

DC, under assault by Trump,
needs someone to fight back

“… Trump operates with pretext, and right now, the pretext is a so-called violent crime national emergency in the District of Columbia, and that just isn’t accurate, and it’s a distraction.”

By JASON KYLE HOWARD 
September 6,2025

All eyes on Washington …

Kinney Zalesne is a former Justice Department official running for Norton’s seat in 2026.

"If I were the Delegate, I would be on TV 24/7, making the case for DC and telling the truth about what's happening in our city and the truth about the administration's overreach," Zalesne told Fox.

By Chad Pergram
August 15, 2025

Kinney Zalesne, a former DNC official who is running against Norton, said in a Tuesday interview that “there’s an opportunity here for the D.C. delegate to be a loud and consistent and powerful and unrelenting voice for D.C. to Congress, to the administration and to the rest of the nation.”

By  Nicholas Wu
August 13,2025 09:00 AM EDT

A DNC OFFICIAL WILL RUN FOR ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON'S SEAT
Kinney Zalesne filed paperwork Monday that would make her Norton’s first primary challenger

Written by Katie Doran
Published July 15, 2025

Former DNC Official Launches Primary Challenge for DC Delegate Seat

By Ajani Stella, Senior News Editor 
July 28, 2025

Who Will Run for Eleanor Holmes Norton’s Seat? A Guide to the Candidates and Rumors

Written by Katie Doran
Published July 31, 2025