Who will lead when Democrats take control of Congress?

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Nov 14, 2026
In less than two months,
Democrats will control Congress, but who will lead?
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen
is officially challenging Chuck Schumer for majority leader,
exposing a rift in the Democratic Party between
its moderate establishment and the progressive wing.
Fox's Rebecca Castor has more
on the brewing leadership battle on Capitol Hill.
Hello, Denver.
It's great to be with you.
At a Democratic conference in Colorado,
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen laid out
why he's challenging his party's longtime figurehead,
Chuck Schumer, for majority leader.
While they fired the Trump policies, they have not fully hired us.
We should be making delivering for the American people
the single mission of our government,
even when that means shaking things up.
It sets up the first major test
for Senator Schumer after his party's historic wins in
the midterms.
Will he be able to hold on to his top post
with more progressive Democrats coming to
Washington?
I do think that this moment calls for a different kind of leadership.
I'm confident I will be elected majority leader.
In Denver, Democrats are also charting
the course for their next two years in power.
Some have already warned Republicans to lawyer up.
But several newly elected Democrats are urging
their colleagues to work with President Trump
and not waste their political momentum.
We have to work together.
This moment is so much bigger
and so much more important than the red team or the blue team.
On the House side, Hakeem Jeffries
is on track to become the next speaker,
despite some progressive holdouts,
as he does not have an official challenger.
In Washington, Rebecca Castor, Fox News.
