As Van Hollen wages a challenge, Senate Democrats are torn on whom to elect as their leader
A Guardian analysis by Chris Stein says Chris Van Hollen's challenge to Chuck Schumer for Senate Democratic leader, to be decided at a 1 December caucus meeting, is the party's first test of unity after its big 2026 midterm sweep. The piece traces the doubts about Schumer that began with his March 2025 funding compromise and the ending of the government shutdown, with Ezra Levin of Indivisible calling on him to step aside and Angus King asking why anyone would fire the manager after winning the World Series.
