Chuck Schumer

Charles Ellis Schumer born November 23 1950 is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from New York a seat he has held since 1999 A member of the Democratic Party Schumer has led the Senate Democratic Caucus since 2017 and has served as Senate Majority Leader since 2021 The dean of New Yorks congressional delegation Schumer is in his fifth Senate term and was the Senates minority leader from 2017 to 2021 Schumer is the longestserving senator from New York having surpassed Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Jacob K Javits in 2023 A native of Brooklyn and a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School Schumer was a threeterm member of the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 1980 He served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1999 first representing New Yorks 16th congressional district before being redistricted to the 10th congressional district in 1983 and 9th congressional district 10 years later In 1998 Schumer was elected to the Senate defeating threeterm Republican incumbent Al DAmato He was reelected in 2004 with 71 of the vote in 2010 with 66 of the vote in 2016 with 70 of the vote and in 2022 with 56 of the vote Schumer chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 2005 to 2009 overseeing 14 Democratic gains in the Senate in the 2006 and 2008 elections He was the thirdranking Democrat in the Senate behind Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Majority Whip Dick Durbin He served as Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus in the Senate from 2007 to 2017 and chaired the Senate Democratic Policy Committee from 2011 to 2017 Schumer won his fourth term in the Senate in 2016 and was then unanimously elected Democratic leader to succeed Harry Reid who was retiring