Majors is a longtime D.C. resident, and a recent convert to tea party causes. (Bruce Majors) Members of Congress all across the country have them, so why not Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D)? Im talking about tea party challengers here.

Two years ago, Norton faced a Republican anti-abortion extremist but this year it appears she will not have GOP competition. She may, however, have a Libertarian Party opponent should Bruce Majors collect enough signatures to make the ballot.

Majors, who picked up nominating petitions Friday, earned a measure of notoriety in 2010, when he shared a D.C. visitors guide with tea party activists attending a Glenn Beck-hosted rally here.

Among the advice therein: If you are on the subway stay on the Red line between Union Station and Shady Grove, Maryland. If you are on the Blue or Orange line do not go past Eastern Market (Capitol Hill) toward the Potomac Avenue stop and beyond; stay in NW DC and points in Virginia. Do not use the Green line or the Yellow line. These rules are even more important at night.

Needless to say, many District residents disagreed with his suggestions that vast swaths of the city are too dangerous to roam.

The guide, he told the Daily Beast, was intended for people from Shreveport, Louisiana, who are in town for 36 hours. At the time, he embraced tea party causes and said his aspiration was to be the gay, slightly more libertarian Ann Coulter.

Today, Majors is aspiring to make a statement about District government by seeking to unseat Norton, now in her 11th term.

Theres so much money [in the District government] it just breeds corruption, he said. I think really the only solution to that is to have really a clean sweep. Hes also supporting term limits and more generally, more responsible spending.

Now, you might note, Majors is talking about issues within the District government, not Congress. So why run for Congress and not, say, D.C. Council?

We have a citys thats essentially a one-party state, and [Norton] is part of that one party, he said. She is part of the party that overlooks its own corrupt members. She is part of the system that turns a blind eye toward official corruption.

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Bruce Majors, tea party figure, launches delegate run