1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

I urge you to seriously consider supporting Chris Van Hollen for Senate Majority Leader. Anyone replacing Chuck Schumer as Senate Majority Leader must be better than him at the most critical aspects of the job. Does he have the temperament and ability to keep the Dem Caucus together? Does he understand how to wield political power with the incision necessary to our moment? I am grateful to Schumer for getting us to this point but I feel strongly he did not do enough to oppose the Trump Administration, such as by playing games with voting no personally while ensuring funding the government still passed (HR 1968 March 14 vote extending funding to Sept 2025.) This was not credible. And while I am loathe to make his leadership about any single vote or issue, as the totality also matters, it is my feeling that we need strong, effective leadership from a place of Democratic vision, not just gamesmanship to lose a little less. I urge you to seriously consider CVH, and to make your position clear as to who you support and why so that we your constituents may understand it.