Chris Van Hollen has made the decision to run for Senate Majority Leader and here’s the case he’s making for himself.
Democrats, we won the majority. But we still need to win the trust of the American people. We can’t return to the status quo.
If you agree, join us at https://t.co/ecKvx8en08 pic.twitter.com/NSXPLjiYxX
— Chris Van Hollen (@VanHollenForMD) November 14, 2026
I particularly like it that he calls the position that Democrats are in now “an audition.” Van Hollen doesn’t see the blue tsunami as a time for complacency, he sees it as a call to action. Very wise. We’re sitting pretty at the moment and if we can only keep going with good decisions and good planning we can cement all these seats that we’ve just won, and more.
As I’ve said before, Chuck Schumer is not a wartime consigliere. He’s a good man, he’s just the wrong man at the wrong time. I think on some level Schumer himself senses it.
Schumer is responsible in large part for the election of Scott Colom, so don’t let anybody tell you Schumer is useless. It’s merely time for him to stand aside and let somebody like Chris Van Hollen, who’s got his finger on the zeitgeist of the moment, step in and maximize the situation that the Democrats are in right this moment.
I sincerely hope that this doesn’t become an ugly contest and take away the party unity that we’ve been experiencing since our successful showing on Titanic Tuesday.
