Democrats could see leadership shakeup following midterm wins

Facing a new leadership struggle as they prepare to take over Congress next year, Senator Chuck Schumer now has some competition, a fight on his hands to once again lead the Senate majority. Doug Luzader joins us live from Washington now with a closer look at this new fight with the Democrats. Good morning. Good morning, Maryland. Senator Chris Van Hollen is making his bid now to challenge Chuck Schumer to lead Senate Democrats, and he already has support lined up Confident I will be elected majority leader. That was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday, confident he said that his fellow Democrats would once again make him Senate Majority Leader. Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen says not so fast. Yes, I am planning to run for the Senate Majority Leader. He says he saw a clear mandate from the midterms to shake things up, even among Democrats. The call was really to reject the status quo. And to reject business as usual. I'm supporting Chuck Schumer. Schumer already has support lined up and posted this on X last night. I have the votes to continue serving as Democratic leader, but he will face pushback from a progressive wave of incoming Democrats. He's willing to take risks when it matters. And Michigan's incoming Senator Abdul El-Sayed is already supporting Van Hollen and others on the left are open to change. Change I will not be. Supporting Chuck to be reelected as the Democratic leader. And Democrats now wait for the dust to settle. We're Democrats. We always have difference of opinions and everyone's gonna express it and we'll see what happens. There's a lot of time between now and then, I don't see a problem with it. Van Hollen calls this a generational opportunity. He thinks he has about 10 Democrats so far that will support him. Back to you guys. All right, we'll see what happens. Doug, thank you. Appreciate that.