El-Sayed explains why he prefers Senate leadership change

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Nov 11, 2026

During a post-election gathering Saturday in Washington, DC, two Senate Democrats — Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan — declined to back Schumer for the job, and Slotkin said she would not rule out running herself. A third Senate Democrat who appeared at the conference, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, said he planned to support Schumer but echoed calls for Senate Democrats “to do things differently than we’ve done before.”

Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed left the door open to supporting other candidates for the top job as well.

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