Trent Holbrook

የዲሲን ግዛትነት (statehood) ማሳካት ለዲስትሪክቱ የኮንግረስ ተወካይ ቀዳሚ ቅድሚያ ሊሆን ይገባል።

Strong proponent of DC statehood; highlights over 200 years of disenfranchisement and commits to continuing work on full voting representation.

ምንጮች፦ [Issues — Trent Holbrook for DC Delegate]

MPD በዲሲ ውስጥ በሚካሄዱ የኢሚግሬሽን ማስከበር ሥራዎች ላይ ICE ን ወይም ሌሎች የፌደራል ኤጀንሲዎችን መርዳት የለበትም።

Answered Yes to all sanctuary-related questions in his Free DC questionnaire, including opposing MPD/ICE cooperation and opposing Congress increasing police in DC.

ምንጮች፦ [Trent Holbrook — Free DC Candidate Questionnaire]

የዲሲ ተወካይ ግዛትነትን በዋናነት በግጭትና በተቃውሞ ሳይሆን በኮንግረስ ውስጥ የሁለቱም ፓርቲ ጥምረት እና የሕግ ስምምነቶችን በመገንባት መከታተል አለበት።

The legislative-strategist candidate: as Norton's Senior Legislative Counsel he 'took the DC statehood bill from losing in 1993 to passing in the House of Representatives twice,' and frames his path as working the legislative process — uniting the Washington, DC Admission Act with the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act — rather than confrontation or protest.

ምንጮች፦ [Issues — Trent Holbrook for DC Delegate]

የዲሲን የበጀት እና የሕግ አወጣጥ ራስ-ገዝነት ከኮንግረስ ጣልቃ ገብነት መከላከል ለዲስትሪክቱ ተወካይ ቀዳሚ ቅድሚያ ሊሆን ይገባል።

Calls Congress's roughly $1 billion (he cites over $2 billion) cut to DC's local budget a harm to teachers, police, and local business owners, and pledges to 'work to ensure that never happens again.' Would legislate to treat DC at least as well as states, cities, and counties for federal funding, and spent eight years drafting legislation to loosen Congress's grip on DC.

ምንጮች፦ [Issues — Trent Holbrook for DC Delegate]

ተወካዩ የዲሲን ፖሊስ ዲፓርትመንት ለመቆጣጠር ወይም ብሔራዊ ዘብ (National Guard) እና የፌደራል ወኪሎችን በከተማው ለማሰማራት የሚደረጉ የፌደራል ሙከራዎችን መታገል አለበት።

States in the strongest terms: 'I vehemently oppose the federalization of the Metropolitan Police Department.' Helped advance Norton's District of Columbia Police Home Rule Act to strip that authority from the President, and the DC National Guard Home Rule Act to give the mayor (not the President) control of the Guard — calling its enactment a top priority.

ምንጮች፦ [Issues — Trent Holbrook for DC Delegate]

ዲሲ የፌደራል ሠራተኞችን ከጅምላ ስንብት ለመጠበቅ እና የፌደራል ኤጀንሲዎች ከዲስትሪክቱ እንዳይዛወሩ ለመከላከል ያሉትን ሕጋዊ መሣሪያዎች ሁሉ — ክስ መመስረትን እና የሕዝብ ተሟጋችነትን ጨምሮ — መጠቀም አለባት።

Centers his candidacy on protecting the federal workforce: 'I was a federal employee myself,' and says he 'fought against the illegal firings of our federal employees, fought for pay raises, fought for back pay after the shutdown, and fought for better retirement' alongside Norton. Opposes relocating federal agencies out of the National Capital Region, arguing the agencies need to be where Congress is.

ምንጮች፦ [Hill Rag / East of the River DC Delegate candidate forum (May 14, 2026)]

ተወካዩ በዲሲ ያለ የፌደራል መሬትን — እንደ National Park Service ቦታዎች እና ባዶ ወይም ትርፍ የፌደራል ህንፃዎች — ወደ አካባቢ የዲስትሪክት ቁጥጥር ለማስተላለፍ መሥራት አለበት።

Would 'transfer as much federal property over to the District of Columbia' as possible, then leave development decisions to DC ('much rather work with the DC Council than the federal government'). For land that isn't transferred, would press the National Park Service and GSA to maintain federal property and would fight the relocation of federal agencies out of DC.

ምንጮች፦ [Hill Rag / East of the River DC Delegate candidate forum (May 14, 2026)]

ዲሲ በዲስትሪክቱ ውስጥ የሚሰሩ ግን በMaryland ወይም Virginia የሚኖሩ ሰዎች ላይ የተጓዥ ግብር (commuter tax) መጣል አለባት (የፌደራል ሕግ ቢፈቅድ)።

Says DC 'should be able to tax people who work in DC just like you could anywhere else,' supporting a commuter tax in principle — but tempers it by noting existing federal offsets (e.g. the DC TAG dollars DC receives that states don't), framing it as a balanced trade-off rather than an unqualified priority.

ምንጮች፦ [Hill Rag / East of the River DC Delegate candidate forum (May 14, 2026)]

የፌደራል መንግሥት ለMetro (WMATA) ቋሚ የገንዘብ ድጋፍ ቁርጠኝነት ማድረግ አለበት፣ እና ተወካዩ ይህን ለማረጋገጥ መታገል አለበት።

'Yes, it should absolutely have permanent funding.' Handled Metro funding (PRIIA) for Norton and calls it 'so outdated and not nearly enough'; would work with the Maryland and Virginia regional members, as he did with Norton, to secure it. Rode Metro daily to work.

ምንጮች፦ [Washington Informer DC Delegate candidate forum (May 2, 2026)]

የፌደራል ኮንትራት አሰጣጥ ኮንትራቶችን በዝቅተኛ ወጪ እና በክፍት ውድድር ብቻ ከመስጠት ይልቅ ለአካባቢ፣ ለአናሳ-እና ለሴት-ባለቤትነት ንግዶች (እንደ የዲሲ Certified Business Enterprises ያሉ) ቅድሚያ መስጠት አለበት።

Calls equity in federal contracting 'critically important.' Worked with Norton on policy requiring agencies to report minority-owned contracting (e.g. advertising dollars) and would expand that reporting to other contracting — favoring transparency and enforcement mechanisms as the route to equity.

ምንጮች፦ [Washington Informer DC Delegate candidate forum (May 2, 2026)]