# US Senator Chris Van Hollen to challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader

https://mins.news/en/item/141765

- euronews, 2026-11-13 04:16 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/13/us-senator-chris-van-hollen-to-challenge-chuck-schumer-for-senate-majority-leader

> Chris Van Hollen, backed by some of the Democratic Party’s more outspoken progressives, is the first to openly challenge long-serving Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer’s bid for majority leader.

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