当选参议员安妮·安德鲁斯（Annie Andrews，民主党人）在深红的南卡罗来纳州击败参议员达琳·格雷厄姆（Darline Graham，共和党-南卡罗来纳州）取得惊人胜利后表示，参议院领导层需要“代际更替”。
Sen.-elect Annie Andrews (D), who won a stunning victory in deep red South Carolina by defeating Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.), says there needs to be “generational change” in the Senate leadership.
“我依然非常坚信，是时候在两党阵营都实现代际更替了，”安德鲁斯在接受福克斯新闻主播布雷特·拜尔（Bret Baier）采访时表示，此言论似乎是在影射参议院民主党领袖查克·舒默（Chuck Schumer，纽约州），后者本月晚些时候将年满76岁。
“I still very much believe it’s time for a generational change on both sides of the aisle,” Andrews told Fox News anchor Bret Baier, appearing to take a jab at Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), who turns 76 later this month.
安德鲁斯是竞选期间承诺不支持舒默连任领袖职务的数名新当选民主党参议员之一。
Andrews is one of several incoming freshmen Democrats who pledged during the campaign not to support Schumer serving another term at the helm.
她告诉福克斯新闻，她将在参议院发挥独立声音，与特朗普总统合作“保卫边境”，并扭转去年《一项宏伟美好法案》（One Big Beautiful Bill Act）对医疗补助（Medicaid）实施的削减。
She told Fox News that she’ll be an independent voice in the upper chamber who will work with President Trump to “secure the border” and reverse cuts to Medicaid made by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
“我发誓要为南卡罗来纳州发出独立声音，我也始终高度聚焦于从南卡罗来纳州选民那里听到的问题，这当然包括负担能力话题、高昂的汽油价格、食品杂货价格、因医疗补助预算削减而迫在眉睫的医疗危机，以及寻找结束与伊朗战争的途径，”她说。
“I vowed to be an independent voice for South Carolina and I also stayed really laser-focused on the issues that I heard about from South Carolinians, which of course include the affordability conversation, high gas prices, grocery prices, the impending health care crisis with those Medicaid budget cuts and finding a way to end this war with Iran,” she said.
安德鲁斯还指出，一些共和党人，包括前共和党民选官员，支持了她的参议院竞选。
Andrews also noted that some in the GOP, including former Republican elected officials, supported her campaign for Senate.
她说，“创纪录的高柴油价格”正在“重创”南卡罗来纳州的农民和捕虾人，他们“正在寻找能去华盛顿、放下党派之争、挽起袖子、做好治理这份艰苦工作的人”。“如果我只是要去华盛顿玩党派政治，我不会放弃我热爱的职业，也不会花费这么多时间陪伴不了孩子。人们厌倦了这一点，人们需要华盛顿特区真正的领导力，”这位即将就职的参议员补充道。安德鲁斯是一名儿科医生，育有三个孩子。
She said “record-high diesel prices” are “crushing” farmers and shrimpers in South Carolina who “are looking for people who will go up to DC, put party politics aside, roll up their sleeves and do the hard work of governing.”“I wouldn’t have put the career that I love aside and all this time away from my children if I was just going to go up to Washington and play party politics. People are tired of that, people need real leadership in Washington, DC,” the incoming senator added. Andrews is a pediatrician and a mother to three kids.
其他几位胜选的民主党参议员候选人也曾告诉选民，他们希望华盛顿实现领导层新气象。
Several other victorious Democratic senate candidates told voters that they want new leadership in Washington.
密歇根州当选参议员阿卜杜勒·埃尔-赛义德（民主党）、堪萨斯州当选参议员亚当·汉密尔顿（民主党）、缅因州当选参议员特洛伊·杰克逊（民主党）和伊利诺伊州当选参议员朱莉安娜·斯特拉顿（民主党）均表示，他们不会投票支持舒默连任民主党领袖。明尼苏达州当选参议员佩吉·弗拉纳根（民主党-明尼苏达州）也呼吁民主党党团整体实现领导层新气象。
Michigan Sen.-elect Abdule El-Sayed (D), Kansas Sen.-elect Adam Hamilton (D), Maine Sen.-elect Troy Jackson (D) and Illinois Sen.-elect Juliana Stratton (D) have said they would not vote for Schumer serving another term as Democratic leader. Minnesota Sen.-elect Peggy Flanagan (D-Minn.) also called for new leadership atop the Democratic caucus as a whole.
即便如此，舒默表示，他在下个月民主党举行领导层选举时拥有连任所需的票数。
Even so, Schumer says he has the votes to be reelected when Democrats hold their leadership election next month.
“问题不在我身上。我将作为多数党领袖连任。但问题在于关注美国民众及其诉求，”舒默在被问及反对声音时对记者表示。
“The issue is not me. I’ll be reelected as majority leader. But the issue is focusing on the American people and what they want,” Schumer told reporters, when asked about the opposition.
参议院民主党将拥有54至56个席位的多数优势，具体取决于阿拉斯加和密西西比州参议院选举的结果。
Senate Democrats will have a majority of between 54 and 56 seats, depending on the results of the Alaska and Mississippi Senate races.
舒默只需获得其党团过半数成员的投票即可继续担任领袖，目前无人出面挑战他。
Schumer only needs the votes of a majority of his conference to continue serving as leader and no one has emerged to challenge him.
参议员克里斯·范霍伦（民主党-马里兰州）是一位备受尊敬的进步派参议员，曾被视为舒默的潜在挑战者，他已发出信号表明不会竞选2027年的多数党领袖。
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a well-respected progressive senator who was seen as a potential challenger to Schumer, has signaled he will not run to become majority leader in 2027.
“在选出多数党领袖之前，范霍伦参议员认为党团需要就如何推进反映美国民众意愿的议程进行一次诚实且公开的对话，”一位范霍伦的亲信在接受NewsNation采访时表示。“他明确表示，新的民主党多数派需要利用其权力推动积极的经济议程，”该人士补充道。
“Prior to selecting a majority leader, Senator Van Hollen believes the caucus needs to have an honest and open conversation about how we move an agenda forward that reflects the will of the American people,” a source close to Van Hollen told NewsNation in an“He’s made it clear that the new Democratic majorities need to use their power to push a proactive, economic agenda,” they added.