El-Sayed backs Maryland’s Chris Van Hollen as US Senate majority leader battle begins

States Newsroom · November 13, 2026

Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland on Thursday evening announced that he would challenge the party’s U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York for the majority leadership position — and Michigan’s incoming junior senator-elect, Abdul El-Sayed, has offered Van Hollen his support. El-Sayed…

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