Primary Democrats

The 2027 Democratic leadership elections

Who backs Schumer and Jeffries?

Voters don’t pick party leaders: Democratic senators and representatives do, in closed-door, secret-ballot votes after the election. Here is what each of them has said in public about backing Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries again, with a link to where they said it. Statements as of November 9, 2026.

Find your members and their phone numbers or call the Capitol switchboard, (202) 224-3121, and ask how they will vote.

Senate Democrats vote, likely in early December

Senate: who backs Chuck Schumer for Senate majority leader?

4 Senate Democrats say they won’t back Schumer for leader, 4 want new leadership, 14 haven’t committed and 6 say they will back him; 27 have no public stance yet. 54 elected, 2 races not called yet.

4 Senate Democrats say they won’t back Schumer for leader, 4 want new leadership, 14 haven’t committed and 6 say they will back him; 27 have no public stance yet. 54 elected, 2 races not called yet.Juliana Stratton (Ill.): Won’t back SchumerPeggy Flanagan (Minn.): Won’t back SchumerAdam Hamilton (Kan.): Won’t back SchumerTroy Jackson (Maine): Won’t back SchumerChris Pappas (N.H.): Wants new leadershipAbdul El-Sayed (Mich.): Wants new leadershipAnnie Andrews (S.C.): Wants new leadershipElissa Slotkin (Mich.): Wants new leadershipChris Murphy (Conn.): Hasn’t committedMark Warner (Va.): Hasn’t committedSherrod Brown (Ohio): Hasn’t committedJosh Turek (Iowa): Hasn’t committedAndy Kim (N.J.): Hasn’t committedElizabeth Warren (Mass.): Hasn’t committedBernie Sanders (Vt.): Hasn’t committedMaria Cantwell (Wash.): Hasn’t committedPatty Murray (Wash.): Hasn’t committedCory Booker (N.J.): Hasn’t committedJames Talarico (Texas): Hasn’t committedEd Markey (Mass.): Hasn’t committedChris Van Hollen (Md.): Hasn’t committedScott Colom (Miss.): Hasn’t committed · race not called yetAdam B. Schiff (Calif.): No public stance yetAlex Padilla (Calif.): No public stance yetJohn W. Hickenlooper (Colo.): No public stance yetMichael F. Bennet (Colo.): No public stance yetRichard Blumenthal (Conn.): No public stance yetChristopher A. Coons (Del.): No public stance yetLisa Blunt Rochester (Del.): No public stance yetJon Ossoff (Ga.): No public stance yetRaphael G. Warnock (Ga.): No public stance yetBrian Schatz (Hawaii): No public stance yetMazie K. Hirono (Hawaii): No public stance yetTammy Duckworth (Ill.): No public stance yetAngus S. King, Jr. (Maine): No public stance yetAmy Klobuchar (Minn.): No public stance yetRoy Cooper (N.C.): No public stance yetMargaret Wood Hassan (N.H.): No public stance yetBen Ray Luján (N.M.): No public stance yetMartin Heinrich (N.M.): No public stance yetCatherine Cortez Masto (Nev.): No public stance yetJacky Rosen (Nev.): No public stance yetKirsten E. Gillibrand (N.Y.): No public stance yetJeff Merkley (Ore.): No public stance yetRon Wyden (Ore.): No public stance yetJack Reed (R.I.): No public stance yetPeter Welch (Vt.): No public stance yetTammy Baldwin (Wis.): No public stance yetMary Peltola (Alaska): No public stance yet · race not called yetTim Kaine (Va.): Will back SchumerJohn Fetterman (Pa.): Will back SchumerAngela Alsobrooks (Md.): Will back SchumerSheldon Whitehouse (R.I.): Will back SchumerRuben Gallego (Ariz.): Will back SchumerMark Kelly (Ariz.): Will back SchumerCharles E. Schumer (N.Y.): The leader54elected · 2 not called
  • Won’t back Schumer 4
  • Wants new leadership 4
  • Hasn’t committed 14
  • No public stance yet 27
  • Will back Schumer 6
  • Schumer himself 1
  • Race not called
Half-circle chart of the 56 Senate Democrats. 4 Senate Democrats say they won’t back Schumer for leader, 4 want new leadership, 14 haven’t committed and 6 say they will back him; 27 have no public stance yet. 54 elected, 2 races not called yet. As of November 9, 2026.

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Won’t back Schumer 4

Wants new leadership 4

Hasn’t committed 14

Will back Schumer 6

27 senators with no public stance yet: call them and ask

Members-elect have no office phone until January: call the Capitol switchboard, (202) 224-3121.

House Democrats pick their Speaker nominee November 18

House: who backs Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker?

0 House Democrats say they won’t back Jeffries for Speaker, 22 haven’t committed and 30 say they will back him; 225 have no public stance yet. 254 elected, 24 races not called yet.

0 House Democrats say they won’t back Jeffries for Speaker, 22 haven’t committed and 30 say they will back him; 225 have no public stance yet. 254 elected, 24 races not called yet.Adam Hamawy (NJ-12): Hasn’t committedChristina Bohannan (IA-1): Hasn’t committedSam Forstag (MT-1): Hasn’t committedFred Wellman (MO-2): Hasn’t committedLindsay James (IA-2): Hasn’t committedZach Dembo (KY-6): Hasn’t committedDonavan McKinney (MI-13): Hasn’t committedClaire Valdez (NY-7): Hasn’t committedDarializa Avila Chevalier (NY-13): Hasn’t committedChris Rabb (PA-3): Hasn’t committedAngela Gonzales-Torres (CA-34): Hasn’t committedDaniel Biss (IL-9): Hasn’t committedShannon Taylor (VA-1): Hasn’t committedDelia Ramirez (IL-3): Hasn’t committedCyril Jefferson (NC-6): Hasn’t committedLaKesha Womack (NC-14): Hasn’t committedPaul Barringer (NC-13): Hasn’t committedDon Leonard (OH-15): Hasn’t committedMelat Kiros (CO-1): Hasn’t committedZack Mullock (NJ-2): Hasn’t committedChuck Hubbard (NC-5): Hasn’t committed · race not called yetVictoria Broderick (TN-4): Hasn’t committed · race not called yetShomari Figures (AL-2): No public stance yetTerri Sewell (AL-7): No public stance yetAdelita Grijalva (AZ-7): No public stance yetAmish Shah (AZ-1): No public stance yetJoAnna Mendoza (AZ-6): No public stance yetYassamin Ansari (AZ-3): No public stance yetAisha Wahab (CA-14): No public stance yetAmi Bera (CA-3): No public stance yetBrad Sherman (CA-32): No public stance yetDave Min (CA-47): No public stance yetDerek Tran (CA-45): No public stance yetGeorge Whitesides (CA-27): No public stance yetGil Cisneros (CA-31): No public stance yetHilda Solis (CA-38): No public stance yetJacqui Irwin (CA-26): No public stance yetJared Huffman (CA-2): No public stance yetJim Costa (CA-21): No public stance yetJimmy Panetta (CA-19): No public stance yetJohn Garamendi (CA-8): No public stance yetJosh Harder (CA-9): No public stance yetJuan Vargas (CA-52): No public stance yetJudy Chu (CA-28): No public stance yetKevin Mullin (CA-15): No public stance yetLateefah Simon (CA-12): No public stance yetLaura Friedman (CA-30): No public stance yetLinda Sánchez (CA-41): No public stance yetLou Correa (CA-46): No public stance yetLuz Rivas (CA-29): No public stance yetMark DeSaulnier (CA-10): No public stance yetMark Takano (CA-39): No public stance yetMarni von Wilpert (CA-48): No public stance yetMaxine Waters (CA-43): No public stance yetMike Levin (CA-49): No public stance yetMike McGuire (CA-1): No public stance yetNanette Diaz Barragán (CA-44): No public stance yetNorma Torres (CA-35): No public stance yetRandy Villegas (CA-22): No public stance yetRaul Ruiz (CA-25): No public stance yetRichard Pan (CA-6): No public stance yetRobert Garcia (CA-42): No public stance yetSalud Carbajal (CA-24): No public stance yetSara Jacobs (CA-51): No public stance yetScott Peters (CA-50): No public stance yetSydney Kamlager-Dove (CA-37): No public stance yetTed Lieu (CA-36): No public stance yetZoe Lofgren (CA-18): No public stance yetBrittany Pettersen (CO-7): No public stance yetJason Crow (CO-6): No public stance yetManny Rutinel (CO-8): No public stance yetJahana Hayes (CT-5): No public stance yetJim Himes (CT-4): No public stance yetJoe Courtney (CT-2): No public stance yetRosa DeLauro (CT-3): No public stance yetRobert White (DC at-large): No public stance yetSarah McBride (DE at-large): No public stance yetDebbie Wasserman Schultz (FL-20): No public stance yetJared Moskowitz (FL-25): No public stance yetKathy Castor (FL-14): No public stance yetLois Frankel (FL-23): No public stance yetMaxwell Frost (FL-10): No public stance yetOliver Gilbert (FL-24): No public stance yetPia Dandiya (FL-22): No public stance yetHank Johnson (GA-4): No public stance yetJasmine Clark (GA-13): No public stance yetLucy McBath (GA-6): No public stance yetNikema Williams (GA-5): No public stance yetSanford Bishop (GA-2): No public stance yetEd Case (HI-1): No public stance yetJill Tokuda (HI-2): No public stance yetBill Foster (IL-11): No public stance yetBrad Schneider (IL-10): No public stance yetDonna Miller (IL-2): No public stance yetEric Sorensen (IL-17): No public stance yetJonathan Jackson (IL-1): No public stance yetLa Shawn Ford (IL-7): No public stance yetLauren Underwood (IL-14): No public stance yetMelissa Bean (IL-8): No public stance yetMike Quigley (IL-5): No public stance yetNikki Budzinski (IL-13): No public stance yetPatty Garcia (IL-4): No public stance yetSean Casten (IL-6): No public stance yetAndré Carson (IN-7): No public stance yetFrank Mrvan (IN-1): No public stance yetJ.D. Ford (IN-5): No public stance yetSharice Davids (KS-3): No public stance yetMorgan McGarvey (KY-3): No public stance yetAyanna Pressley (MA-7): No public stance yetJake Auchincloss (MA-4): No public stance yetJim McGovern (MA-2): No public stance yetKatherine Clark (MA-5): No public stance yetLori Trahan (MA-3): No public stance yetRichard Neal (MA-1): No public stance yetAdrian Boafo (MD-5): No public stance yetApril McClain Delaney (MD-6): No public stance yetGlenn Ivey (MD-4): No public stance yetJamie Raskin (MD-8): No public stance yetJohnny Olszewski (MD-2): No public stance yetKweisi Mfume (MD-7): No public stance yetSarah Elfreth (MD-3): No public stance yetChellie Pingree (ME-1): No public stance yetChristina Hines (MI-10): No public stance yetDebbie Dingell (MI-6): No public stance yetJeremy Moss (MI-11): No public stance yetKristen McDonald Rivet (MI-8): No public stance yetRashida Tlaib (MI-12): No public stance yetSean McCann (MI-4): No public stance yetIlhan Omar (MN-5): No public stance yetKelly Morrison (MN-3): No public stance yetMatt Little (MN-2): No public stance yetEmanuel Cleaver (MO-5): No public stance yetWesley Bell (MO-1): No public stance yetBennie Thompson (MS-2): No public stance yetDeborah Ross (NC-2): No public stance yetDon Davis (NC-1): No public stance yetJamie Ager (NC-11): No public stance yetRichard Ojeda (NC-9): No public stance yetValerie Foushee (NC-4): No public stance yetDenise Powell (NE-2): No public stance yetMaggie Goodlander (NH-2): No public stance yetStefany Shaheen (NH-1): No public stance yetAnalilia Mejia (NJ-11): No public stance yetDonald Norcross (NJ-1): No public stance yetFrank Pallone (NJ-6): No public stance yetHerb Conaway (NJ-3): No public stance yetJosh Gottheimer (NJ-5): No public stance yetLaMonica McIver (NJ-10): No public stance yetNellie Pou (NJ-9): No public stance yetRob Menendez (NJ-8): No public stance yetGabe Vasquez (NM-2): No public stance yetMelanie Stansbury (NM-1): No public stance yetTeresa Leger Fernandez (NM-3): No public stance yetDina Titus (NV-1): No public stance yetSteven Horsford (NV-4): No public stance yetSusie Lee (NV-3): No public stance yetTeresa Benitez-Thompson (NV-2): No public stance yetGeorge Latimer (NY-16): No public stance yetGrace Meng (NY-6): No public stance yetGregory Meeks (NY-5): No public stance yetJohn Mannion (NY-22): No public stance yetJoseph Morelle (NY-25): No public stance yetJosh Riley (NY-19): No public stance yetLaura Gillen (NY-4): No public stance yetPat Ryan (NY-18): No public stance yetPaul Tonko (NY-20): No public stance yetTom Suozzi (NY-3): No public stance yetYvette Clarke (NY-9): No public stance yetBrian Poindexter (OH-7): No public stance yetGreg Landsman (OH-1): No public stance yetJoyce Beatty (OH-3): No public stance yetKristina Knickerbocker (OH-10): No public stance yetShontel Brown (OH-11): No public stance yetAndrea Salinas (OR-6): No public stance yetJanelle Bynum (OR-5): No public stance yetMaxine Dexter (OR-3): No public stance yetSuzanne Bonamici (OR-1): No public stance yetVal Hoyle (OR-4): No public stance yetBob Brooks (PA-7): No public stance yetBob Harvie (PA-1): No public stance yetBrendan Boyle (PA-2): No public stance yetChris Deluzio (PA-17): No public stance yetChrissy Houlahan (PA-6): No public stance yetJanelle Stelson (PA-10): No public stance yetMadeleine Dean (PA-4): No public stance yetMary Gay Scanlon (PA-5): No public stance yetSummer Lee (PA-12): No public stance yetPablo José Hernández (PR at-large): No public stance yetGabe Amo (RI-1): No public stance yetSeth Magaziner (RI-2): No public stance yetJim Clyburn (SC-6): No public stance yetNancy Lacore (SC-1): No public stance yetBobby Pulido (TX-15): No public stance yetChristian Menefee (TX-18): No public stance yetColin Allred (TX-33): No public stance yetFrederick Haynes III (TX-30): No public stance yetHenry Cuellar (TX-28): No public stance yetJoaquin Castro (TX-20): No public stance yetJohnny Garcia (TX-35): No public stance yetKaty Padilla Stout (TX-23): No public stance yetLeticia Gutierrez (TX-9): No public stance yetLizzie Fletcher (TX-7): No public stance yetSylvia Garcia (TX-29): No public stance yetVeronica Escobar (TX-16): No public stance yetVicente Gonzalez (TX-34): No public stance yetBen McAdams (UT-1): No public stance yetBobby Scott (VA-3): No public stance yetDon Beyer (VA-8): No public stance yetElaine Luria (VA-2): No public stance yetEugene Vindman (VA-7): No public stance yetJames Walkinshaw (VA-11): No public stance yetJennifer McClellan (VA-4): No public stance yetSuhas Subramanyam (VA-10): No public stance yetBecca Balint (VT at-large): No public stance yetAdam Smith (WA-9): No public stance yetEmily Randall (WA-6): No public stance yetKim Schrier (WA-8): No public stance yetMarie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-3): No public stance yetMarilyn Strickland (WA-10): No public stance yetRick Larsen (WA-2): No public stance yetSuzan DelBene (WA-1): No public stance yetGwen Moore (WI-4): No public stance yetMark Pocan (WI-2): No public stance yetMitchell Berman (WI-1): No public stance yetRebecca Cooke (WI-3): No public stance yetEric Hafner (AK at-large): No public stance yet · race not called yetSandra King-Young (AS at-large): No public stance yet · race not called yetJonathan Nez (AZ-2): No public stance yet · race not called yetDoris Matsui (CA-7): No public stance yet · race not called yetMike Thompson (CA-4): No public stance yet · race not called yetTessa Lynn Hodge (CA-23): No public stance yet · race not called yetEileen Laubacher (CO-4): No public stance yet · race not called yetBale Dalton (FL-7): No public stance yet · race not called yetDarren Soto (FL-9): No public stance yet · race not called yetEliott Rodriguez (FL-27): No public stance yet · race not called yetNicole Locklin (FL-26): No public stance yet · race not called yetAlicia Limtiaco (GU at-large): No public stance yet · race not called yetAntonio Wilson (LA-5): No public stance yet · race not called yetLindsay "Rubia" Garcia (LA-6): No public stance yet · race not called yetMatthew Dunlap (ME-2): No public stance yet · race not called yetJake Johnson (MN-1): No public stance yet · race not called yetAshley Bell (NC-10): No public stance yet · race not called yetKimberly Hardy (NC-7): No public stance yet · race not called yetRaymond Smith Jr. (NC-3): No public stance yet · race not called yetZyon Khalifa (SC-2): No public stance yet · race not called yetJanelle Sarauw (VI at-large): No public stance yet · race not called yetCarmela Conroy (WA-5): No public stance yet · race not called yetAlma Adams (NC-12): Will back JeffriesPete Aguilar (CA-33): Will back JeffriesRitchie Torres (NY-15): Will back JeffriesLuke Bronin (CT-1): Will back JeffriesBrad Lander (NY-10): Will back JeffriesWilliam Lawrence (MI-7): Will back JeffriesBill Keating (MA-9): Will back JeffriesHillary Scholten (MI-3): Will back JeffriesScott Wiener (CA-11): Will back JeffriesAdam Gray (CA-13): Will back JeffriesRebecca Bennett (NJ-7): Will back JeffriesEmilia Sykes (OH-13): Will back JeffriesAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14): Will back JeffriesMarcy Kaptur (OH-9): Will back JeffriesGreg Casar (TX-37): Will back JeffriesGreg Stanton (AZ-4): Will back JeffriesBetty McCollum (MN-4): Will back JeffriesTim Kennedy (NY-26): Will back JeffriesJessica Killin (CO-5): Will back JeffriesJoe Neguse (CO-2): Will back JeffriesStephen Lynch (MA-8): Will back JeffriesCait Conley (NY-17): Will back JeffriesPaige Cognetti (PA-8): Will back JeffriesPramila Jayapal (WA-7): Will back JeffriesRo Khanna (CA-17): Will back JeffriesSam Liccardo (CA-16): Will back JeffriesSarah Trone Garriott (IA-3): Will back JeffriesTroy Carter (LA-2): Will back JeffriesMicah Lasher (NY-12): Will back JeffriesDan Koh (MA-6): Will back JeffriesHakeem Jeffries (NY-8): The leader254elected · 24 not called
  • Won’t back Jeffries 0
  • Wants new leadership 0
  • Hasn’t committed 22
  • No public stance yet 225
  • Will back Jeffries 30
  • Jeffries himself 1
  • Race not called
Half-circle chart of the 278 House Democrats. 0 House Democrats say they won’t back Jeffries for Speaker, 22 haven’t committed and 30 say they will back him; 225 have no public stance yet. 254 elected, 24 races not called yet. As of November 9, 2026.

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Hasn’t committed 22

Will back Jeffries 30

225 members with no public stance yet: call them and ask

Members-elect have no office phone until January: call the Capitol switchboard, (202) 224-3121.

How we count

  • Who votes. The Democrats, and the independents who caucus with them, who take office in January 2027: members re-elected or not up this year and the November 3 winners (AP or official calls). Where a race is not called yet, the Democrat in it is drawn as an open ring.
  • Only what they said. A stance is listed only when the member or member-elect said it on the record, or a spokesperson said it for them, with the source and date. We don’t infer a stance from a caucus, a group they belong to, or past votes. Everyone else is “no public stance yet”.
  • Won’t back means they said they won’t vote for, or support, the current leader. Wants new leadership means they called for new or generational leadership without saying how they will vote. Hasn’t committed means they were asked and declined to say, or want to hear a plan first.
  • The vote is secret. A public stance is a promise, not a recorded vote.
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