Democrats Won Big. Now Some Are Turning on Schumer — and a Few Freshmen Won't Commit to Jeffries.

A week after their landslide, Democrats face their own leadership fight. Senators are openly asking for "new energy," Chris Van Hollen is "in active listening mode," and left-wing House newcomers are attaching demands like Medicare for All to their speaker votes.

By Clara Hughes

Winning is supposed to settle arguments. For Democrats, it has started a new one. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, 75, hopes to become majority leader when his party takes control in January. On Monday, he faced growing pushback from inside his own caucus, The Guardian reported. "We need a conversation about leadership going forward because we need new energy and ideas," said Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut. Keep reading with Altas Premium. Below: who is questioning Schumer and who might challenge him, the freshmen who campaigned against him, the progressive conditions being attached to Hakeem Jeffries' speakership — and what the infighting tells Republicans about the next two