Louisiana
Lost by less than 2 points
Neither Senate Majority PAC nor the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spent anything for Democrat Jamie Davis.
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Schumer and Jeffries need to go
This is a New Deal moment that requires New Leadership.
Sack Schumer and Jeffries
Add your name and join A Fight Worth Having in our effort to replace Chuck Schumer as Senate Democratic leader and to stop Hakeem Jeffries from becoming Speaker of the House.
Voters have given Democrats the chance of a lifetime: the chance to repair and rebuild this country in a way that is substantial, transformational and lasting. Schumer and Jeffries have proven they aren't the leaders to help us do that. We need change, and that change starts at the top.
Where other senators stand on Schumer
Senate Democrats pick their leader by secret ballot, likely in early December.
28 needed
5Not voting for Schumer
- Abdul El-Sayed (MI, newly elected)
- Peggy Flanagan (MN, newly elected)
- Adam Hamilton (KS, newly elected)
- Troy Jackson (ME, newly elected)
- Juliana Stratton (IL, newly elected)
14Not committed
Signaled need for change
- Annie Andrews (SC, newly elected)
- Ed Markey (MA)
- Chris Pappas (NH, newly elected)
- Elissa Slotkin (MI)
- James Talarico (TX, newly elected)
Declined to commit
- Cory Booker (NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (OH, newly elected)
- Andy Kim (NJ)
- Chris Murphy (CT)
- Jon Ossoff (GA)
- Bernie Sanders (VT)
- Josh Turek (IA, newly elected)
- Chris Van Hollen (MD)
- Elizabeth Warren (MA)
35Counted for Schumer
- Angela Alsobrooks (MD)
- Tammy Baldwin (WI)
- Michael Bennet (CO)
- Richard Blumenthal (CT)
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE)
- Maria Cantwell (WA)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- Roy Cooper (NC, newly elected)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)
- Tammy Duckworth (IL)
- John Fetterman (PA)
- Ruben Gallego (AZ)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (NY)
- Maggie Hassan (NH)
- Martin Heinrich (NM)
- John Hickenlooper (CO)
- Mazie Hirono (HI)
- Tim Kaine (VA)
- Mark Kelly (AZ)
- Angus King (ME)
- Amy Klobuchar's appointed successor (MN)
- Ben Ray Luján (NM)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Alex Padilla (CA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Jacky Rosen (NV)
- Brian Schatz (HI)
- Adam Schiff (CA)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Raphael Warnock (GA)
- Peter Welch (VT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
54 Democratic senators are confirmed so far (MS and AK still counting), meaning 28 are required to elect a leader. Senators who haven't gone on record are counted for Schumer.
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Schumer's record
Abandoned and miscalculated Senate races
Florida
Lost by about 3 points
Neither Senate Majority PAC nor the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spent a dime to support Angie Nixon. Her campaign raised more than $11 million, almost all of it from individual donors.
Mississippi
Too close to call
Senate Majority PAC, aligned with Schumer, put its first money into the race on Oct. 20, two weeks before Election Day. Democrat Scott Colom leads by about 1,700 votes.
Michigan
Won despite Schumer
Schumer recruited Haley Stevens to run against Abdul El-Sayed in the primary, and his PAC gave her money. El-Sayed won the primary anyway and won the seat in November.
Jeffries's record
Abandoned and miscalculated House races
Arkansas
Lost by less than 2 points
The DCCC didn't enter the 2nd District race until four days before the election, and spent $53,000. Democrat Chris Jones lost by 4,405 votes.
Florida
Too close to call
Nicole Locklin got “essentially none” of the outside help in the 26th District. She trails by 1,772 votes in a race still being counted.
Nebraska
Lost by about 4 points
House Majority PAC, aligned with Jeffries, put money into the 1st District only in the final week.
New York
His candidates lost
Jeffries endorsed Reps. Dan Goldman and Adriano Espaillat. Both lost their June primaries to progressive challengers.
Michigan
His candidate lost
Jeffries endorsed Rep. Shri Thanedar, who lost his August primary to Donavan McKinney.
Schumer's own words
Nov. 4, 2026
On senators-elect refusing to vote for him
“The issue is not me. I'll be reelected as majority leader.”
Nov. 4, 2026
On ending the filibuster
“The first thing we're going to do is reduce people's costs and work the legislative process so it does.”
Nov. 4, 2026
On a bill to lower electricity prices
“Well, we have a bipartisan group working on permitting reform and hopefully they'll come up with a good solution.”
Nov. 4, 2026
On congressional Republicans
“…if they at least read the election halfway right, maybe they'll change course.”
Sept. 24, 2025
On the government shutdown
“I hope Trump will come to his senses.”
Jeffries's own words
Nov. 4, 2026
On holding Trump accountable
“The American people don't want us to get even. They want us to get things done on their behalf.”
Nov. 4, 2026
On impeachment
“I haven't had a single member of the House Democratic Caucus talk to me about impeachment.”
Oct. 21, 2026
On members-elect who haven't committed to him
“I haven't asked anyone for their support in connection with what may happen on January 3.”
Aug. 16, 2026
On Medicare for All
“It's not legislation that I currently am cosponsoring or that I support.”
June 24, 2026
On the primaries his candidates lost
“A handful of primaries that go in one direction or the other in a given state or two aren't gonna reshape who we are as House Democrats.”
It's time for leaders who get it
America is hungry for change. That hunger propelled Bernie Sanders. It propelled Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It even propelled Donald Trump. Schumer and Jeffries have never understood it, and they don't understand it now. Democrats have a generational opportunity. It deserves leaders who know what to do with it.
Photos: Chuck Schumer, Senate Democrats, CC BY 2.0. Angie Nixon, Will Brown/Jacksonville Today. Hakeem Jeffries, Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0.
