Libertarian Party challenger Bruce Majors won't beat D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, something he's basically admitted. But that doesn't mean he won't try to get some shots in on her in the process.

Today Majors launched a website urging Norton to return $50,000 in donations received from Jeffrey Thompson, the businessman and D.C. contractor at the heart of the shadow campaign scandal still engulfing Mayor Vince Gray, since 2006.

While Gov. Martin O'Malley and President Obama have returned any donations from Thompson, in July Norton said she didn't think that the money was suspect. Other D.C. politicians who have received money from Thompson, including Councilmember Vincent Orange (D-At Large), also haven't returned money they got from him.

Thompson, who was once one of the biggest givers to local politicians, has become embroiled in the scandal surrounding Gray's 2010 mayoral campaign. According to court documents, he's accused of working to funnel donations through third parties, effectively exceeding campaign finance limits. In the mayoral race that Gray won, Thompson was said to have helped fund a $653,000 shadow campaign.

Majors told us recently that he doesn't think that he can unseat Nortonbut that's not really the point. A bigger goal, he said, is to attract 7,500 votes so that the Libertarian Party can gain major party status in D.C.

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Libertarian Challenger Wants Norton to Return Donations From Controversial D.C. Figure