1. United States
2. Mass.
3. Letter

Dear Senator Markey and Senator Warren, I'm a constituent, and I'm writing to ask you to oppose another term for Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader and to support Senator Chris Van Hollen for Senate Majority Leader. Last week, voters gave Democrats a 54-seat majority. Many of the candidates who won it promised to fight. That majority deserves a leader who has already shown he will fight. Senator Van Hollen has. He went to El Salvador to stand up for Kilmar Abrego Garcia when the administration would not. He pledged "not one dime" for Trump's lawless ICE operations. He opposed the reconciliation bill that gave ICE and CBP billions more, and he fought new ICE detention sites in Maryland. Senator Markey has taken these same positions. Van Hollen has also called for a bold kitchen-table agenda, and he has insisted that the caucus debate its plan openly before it picks a leader. Incoming senators are behind him: Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed has endorsed him, and Senators-elect Juliana Stratton, Troy Jackson and Adam Hamilton have said they will not back Senator Schumer. Senator Schumer's record this cycle points the other way. In Florida, Angie Nixon beat the establishment's preferred candidate in the primary. She then lost to Ashley Moody by less than three points without a dollar from the DSCC or Senate Majority PAC. In Mississippi, the DSCC left Scott Colom out of its $40 million battleground investment, and Schumer-aligned money arrived only two weeks before Election Day. That race is still too close to call. Earlier, serious investment could have changed both outcomes. In March 2025, Senator Schumer also voted to advance a Republican-written funding bill. Together these show a habit of caution when courage was needed. Senators will choose the leader by secret ballot. I'm asking you to vote against Senator Schumer, to tell Senator Van Hollen directly that he has your support if he runs, and to press for an open, transparent process before any vote. Sincerely, Your Constituent