Van Hollen challenges Schumer for Senate Democratic leadership
Maryland senator Chris Van Hollen is challenging Chuck Schumer for the leadership of Senate Democrats, in the party’s first contested vote for the post in decades.
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Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen is challenging Chuck Schumer for the party’s leadership in the US Senate, setting up its first contested leadership vote in years. Van Hollen said voters in the recent midterm elections had called for change.
Schumer has led Senate Democrats since 2017 and has been re-elected every two years without opposition, according to ANP, which reported the challenge alongside Reuters and Bloomberg.
Van Hollen, who represents Maryland, said the contest was “not about one person” but about responding to voters’ call for change. He said he was running to lead the Democratic Senate majority.
The last leadership election was in 1994, ANP reported.
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