Democrats Pick Schumer, Murray to Lead Party in New Congress
- New Yorker may find common ground with Trump on trade, roads
- Schumer’s Wall Street ties create challenge to party’s left
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Senate Democrats named Charles Schumer, a media-savvy Brooklynite, to succeed Harry Reid, the combative ex-boxer from a hardscrabble Nevada mining town, to be their party’s leader as they prepare for Donald Trump’s presidency.
Senate Democrats and Republicans held their leadership elections today. Aside from Schumer, Patty Murray of Washington state was selected as assistant leader, a title now held by Richard Durbin of Illinois. Durbin will retain his position as minority whip. Republicans voted to retain Mitch McConnell of Kentucky as the majority leader.