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Senate Minority Leader Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Chuck Schumer: NY: January 3, 2025 Party leader since January 3, 2017: Senate Minority Whip: Dick Durbin: IL: January 3, 2025 Party whip since January 3, 2005: Chair of the Senate Democratic Steering and Policy Committee: Amy Klobuchar: MN: January 3, 2025
Hosts meetings with advocates, activists, and elected officials to help with Democratic structure in the Senate. 7 Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus: Tammy Baldwin: Wisconsin: Responsible for managing the policy agenda for the Senate Democratic Caucus, as well as taking notes and aiding party leadership when the caucus meets. 8
By at least 1850, parties in each chamber of Congress began naming chairs, and while conference and caucus chairs carried very little authority, the Senate party floor leader positions arose from the position of conference chair. [2] Senate Democrats began electing their floor leaders in 1920 while they were in the minority.
36 sitting Democrats (D 1 to D 36) were not on election. 14 sitting Democrats (D 37 to D 50) were re-elected (D 50 had been appointed to fill a vacancy and is shown as an elected hold). 3 new Democrats (D 51 to D 53) held seats by replacing other Democrats. 3 new Democrats (D 54 to D 56) gained seats the Democrats did not have before.
Majority Leader of the Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives: 1967 [31] Kansas 2: Derek Schmidt (R) No Open seat; replacing Jake LaTurner (R) Kansas Attorney General Kansas Senate: 1968 [32] Louisiana 6: Cleo Fields (D) Yes Open seat; replacing Garret Graves (R) U.S. House of Representatives [i] Louisiana Senate: 1962 [33] Maryland 2 ...
Democratic Oregon: February 6, 1996 9 1831 Dick Durbin: Democratic Illinois: January 3, 1997 Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (14 years) 10 1835 Jack Reed: Democratic Rhode Island: Former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (6 years) 11 1842 Susan Collins: Republican Maine 12 1844 Chuck Schumer: Democratic New York ...
Pages in category "Leaders of the United States Senate" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Caucused with the Democrats. Gave Democrats temporary control of the senate. Joe Lieberman: Connecticut: 2006 110th: Democratic: Independent Democrat: Caucused with the Democrats. Lieberman was re-elected on the Connecticut for Lieberman ticket; however, he never formally joined that political party. Arlen Specter [2] Pennsylvania: April 28 ...