'Hell Yes, Let's Go': Van Hollen Challenges Schumer for Senate Majority Leader | Common Dreams
A Common Dreams article reports that Sen. Chris Van Hollen will challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader when Democrats retake the chamber in January, a bid backed by Sens. Bernie Sanders and Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed and met with cautious optimism by progressives, while Schumer says he has the votes to keep the job. More than 50 Sunrise Movement activists were arrested at a sit-in in Schumer's office the day of the announcement, and a secret-ballot vote expected in early December would be the first contested Democratic leadership contest in decades.
