El-Sayed Backs Van Hollen for Senate Leader as Calls to Replace Schumer Grow
Truthout reports that incoming senator Abdul El-Sayed backs Chris Van Hollen to replace Chuck Schumer as Democratic Senate leader, saying Van Hollen would be an amazing majority leader, though Van Hollen has demurred while weighing a 2028 presidential run. The article notes mounting pressure for new leadership: incoming senators like Troy Jackson and Peggy Flanagan have rejected Schumer, Indivisible is campaigning against a "Schumer coronation" ahead of the early December 2026 election, and an NBC poll puts Schumer's approval at 13 percent and Hakeem Jeffries's at 18 percent.
