更新时间：2026年11月12日，美国东部时间晚上10:58 / CBS新闻
华盛顿讯——马里兰州民主党参议员克里斯·范霍伦周四宣布，他将挑战参议院多数党领袖查克·舒umer。
范霍伦在X平台发文称：“在本次选举中，美国民众呼吁我们取消那些对工薪阶层不利、由政治腐败催生的经济弊端。要实现这一点，我们需要新的领导层。这与某个人无关，而是对民众呼吁的回应。这就是我竞选参议院多数党领袖的原因。”
范霍伦本周早些时候曾表示自己处于“竞选多数党领袖的倾听阶段”，他的这一决定，是上周中期选举民主党压倒性获胜后，高知名度民主党人挑战党内现有领导层迈出的最重大一步。
佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯周四迅速表态支持范霍伦。其他一些民主党人尚未承诺在预计下月早些时候举行的领导层选举中投票给舒umer，但也未明确 endorsed其他候选人。
67岁的范霍伦自2017年起担任参议员，此前他已在众议院代表该州工作了十多年。这位马里兰州民主党人近年来获得了进步派的关注。2024年，他公开支持限制对以色列的武器供应，并批评拜登政府对加沙战争的立场。去年，范霍伦前往萨尔瓦多会见基尔马尔·阿布雷戈·加西亚，这位居住在马里兰州的萨尔瓦多国民被关押在该国臭名昭著的CECOT监狱，此事也为他赢得了关注。
支持者认为范霍伦愿意为进步派最关心的问题发声。密歇根州当选参议员阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德本周在接受NPR采访时表示，范霍伦“在关键时刻愿意冒险”，并以他的萨尔瓦多之行作为例证。
75岁的舒umer在X平台发文回应范霍伦的宣布，称自己欢迎“关于我们党团未来和前方重要工作的任何讨论”。
他写道：“我为我们共同取得的成就感到自豪——55个席位，而且还在增加，这是惊人的结果，我拥有继续担任民主党领袖所需的票数。我期待着领导我们新的民主党多数派，为美国人民谋福祉。”
舒umer自2017年起担任参议院民主党领袖，接替了退休的内华达州参议员哈里·里德。
民主党参议员竞选委员会主席、纽约州民主党参议员柯尔斯滕·吉利布兰德本周早些时候在新闻发布会上为舒umer辩护，称赞他的“战略领导力”。
吉利布兰德表示：“尽管有各种抱怨，但你会看到，人们对他为将我们带到这一位置所付出的努力怀有极大的感激之情。我们即将赢得9个参议院席位——这在我的政治生涯中从未发生过。”
内华达州民主党参议员杰基·罗森周四晚些时候 endorse舒umer，称赞他在中期选举前的工作，并写道：“我知道他有经验，也有在这个关键时刻领导我们多元化党团的斗志。”
此次挑战之际，外界仍普遍预计舒umer将保住这一最高领导职位，尤其是在中期选举中民主党表现强劲之后。尽管参议院在选举周期开始时的选区划分对该党不利，但民主党至少拿下了8个参议院席位，阿拉斯加还有一个席位仍存悬念，为新一届国会锁定了可观的多数席位。
随着选举结果出炉，经历了近年动荡任期后，舒umer在党团中的地位似乎有所提升。2025年初，这位纽约民主党人采取行动避免政府停摆，引发了党内左翼的不满，随后反对声浪逐渐形成。
同年晚些时候，他改变了策略，在民主党为阻止医保税收抵免到期而努力时，让党内基本保持团结，经历了创纪录的政府停摆。
范霍伦在接受MS NOW采访时宣布竞选多数党领袖，他承认自己是“弱势候选人”，但表示已与党团成员交流过，认为竞选“变数很大”。
当被问及他会与舒umer有何不同时，范霍伦暗示现任领袖在利用财政权力迫使特朗普政府结束伊朗战争方面立场不够坚定。他告诉主持人珍·普萨基，民主党应该利用12月11日的政府资金到期日作为筹码，称这“不应该是随风倒的问题”。
范霍伦还批评舒umer在他看来，在幕后推动支持民主党初选中的某些候选人——这是进步派长期以来的争议点。
范霍伦指的是埃尔-赛义德和明尼苏达州当选参议员佩吉·弗拉纳根，他说：“从政治角度看，我们不应该有一位民主党领袖介入公开的民主党初选并选边站队。……美国参议院目前有两名参议员，如果现任多数党领袖能说了算，他们就不会在这里。”
民主党党团的一些成员——包括桑德斯这样的进步派和堪萨斯州当选参议员亚当·汉密尔顿这样的温和派——都呼吁更换领导层。
桑德斯周四晚些时候在社交媒体上发文 endorse范霍伦，写道：“美国人民投票要求变革。他们希望有一个敢于对抗强大特殊利益集团、挑战富豪阶层、为工薪家庭奋斗的民主党。”
两天前，桑德斯在新闻发布会上宣布，他不会支持舒umer。陪同他的是密歇根州更温和的参议员埃利萨·斯洛特金，斯洛特金表示她“并未积极谋求这一职位”，但“正在寻求变革”。
斯洛特金说：“无论谁想要我的票，都必须拿出一份明确不同的具体计划。除非我从任何人那里看到这一点，否则我不会支持。”
Chris Van Hollen announces he will challenge Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader
Updated on: November 12, 2026 / 10:58 PM EST / CBS News
Washington — Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland announced Thursday that he will challenge Sen. Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader.
“In this election, Americans called on us to unrig an economy rigged against working people & fueled by political corruption. To deliver, we need new leadership. This isn’t about any one person – it’s about answering that call,” Van Hollen said in a post on X. “That’s why I’m running for Senate Majority Leader.”
The decision by Van Hollen, who said earlier this week he was in “listening mode” about running for majority leader, marks the most significant step by a high-profile Democrat to challenge the party’s existing leadership since it decisively won last week’s midterms.
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont quickly threw his support behind Van Hollen on Thursday. Some other Democrats have not yet committed to voting for Schumer in leadership elections, which are expected early next month, but haven’t explicitly endorsed another candidate.
Van Hollen, 67, has been in the Senate since 2017 after representing the state in the House for more than a decade. The Maryland Democrat has gained attention from progressives in recent years. In 2024, he vocally supported restricting weapons shipments to Israel and criticized the Biden administration’s posture toward the war in Gaza. Van Hollen also gained attention when he traveled to El Salvador last year to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national who lived in Maryland and had been sent to the country’s notorious CECOT prison.
Supporters see Van Hollen as someone who’s willing to speak to the issues progressives hold most dear. Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed told NPR in an interview this week that Van Hollen is “willing to take risks when it matters,” citing his trip to El Salvador.
Schumer, 75, responded to Van Hollen’s announcement in a post on X, saying he welcomes “any discussion about the future of our caucus and the important work ahead.”
“I’m proud of what we’ve accomplished together — 55 seats and counting is an amazing result — and I have the votes to continue serving as Democratic Leader,” he wrote. “I look forward to leading our new Democratic majority and delivering for the American people.”
Schumer has led Senate Democrats since 2017, when he succeeded retiring Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada.
Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who chairs the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, defended Schumer at a news conference earlier this week, crediting his “strategic leadership.”
“You will see, despite all the grumblings, enormous gratitude for the hard work he has done to get us to this position,” Gillibrand said. “We are about to win nine Senate seats — that has never happened in my political history.”
Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen of Nevada endorsed Schumer late Thursday, praising his work ahead of the midterms and writing, “I know he has the experience and the fight to continue leading our diverse caucus at this crucial moment.”
The challenge comes as Schumer is still widely expected to hold on to the top leadership post, especially after the strong showing for Democrats in the midterm elections. Despite a Senate map that appeared unfavorable for the party heading into the cycle, Democrats flipped at least eight Senate seats — with one race remaining up in the air in Alaska — securing a sizable majority in the new Congress.
With the election results, Schumer has appeared to improve his position with the caucus, following a tumultuous tenure in recent years. The pushback took hold after the New York Democrat maneuvered to avoid a government shutdown in early 2025, prompting frustration from his party’s left flank.
Later that year, he changed course and kept Democrats largely united through a record-breaking government shutdown as they sought to prevent the expiration of health insurance tax credits.
In an interview with MS NOW announcing his run for majority leader, Van Hollen acknowledged he is an “underdog,” but said he has spoken with caucus members and believes the race is “very much in flux.”
Asked what he would do differently from Schumer, Van Hollen suggested the current leader hasn’t taken a firm enough stance on using the power of the purse to force the Trump administration to end the Iran war. He told host Jen Psaki that Democrats should use the Dec. 11 deadline to fund the government as leverage, saying it “should not be a finger-in-the-wind issue.”
Van Hollen also criticized Schumer for, in his view, moving behind the scenes to back certain candidates in Democratic primaries — a longstanding point of contention for progressives.
“On the political side of the equation, we shouldn’t have a Democratic leader who is getting involved in picking sides in open Democratic primaries. … We have two senators right now in the United States Senate who wouldn’t be there if the current majority leader had his way,” Van Hollen said, referring to El-Sayed and Minnesota Sen.-elect Peggy Flanagan.
Some members of the Democratic caucus — including both progressives like Sanders and moderates like Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton of Kansas — have called for new leadership.
Sanders endorsed Van Hollen in a social media post late Thursday, writing: “The American people voted for change. They want a Democratic Party that will stand up to powerful special interests, take on the billionaire class and fight for working families.”
Two days earlier, Sanders announced in a news conference he would not support Schumer. Sanders was flanked by the more moderate Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, who said she was “not actively seeking this job” but is “seeking change.”
“Whoever wants my vote is going to have to show me a concrete plan that’s definitively different,” Slotkin said. “I’m a no until and unless I see that from anyone.”
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