即将就职的民主党参议员希望由查克·舒默以外的人担任美国参议院下一任多数党领袖，尽管舒默在其党团内很可能仍拥有足够票数，继续担任民主党最高领袖。
Incoming Democratic senators want someone other than Chuck Schumer to become the next majority leader in the US Senate, although Schumer likely still has enough votes in his caucus to remain the top Democrat.
来自南卡罗来纳州的民主党参议员当选人安妮·安德鲁斯周四在接受福克斯新闻主播布雷特·拜尔采访时表示，民主党需要新领导层。当被问及是否支持舒默竞选领袖时，她回答：“我仍然非常认为，参议院两党都到了实现代际更替的时候。”来自堪萨斯州的参议员当选人亚当·汉密尔顿在竞选途中对CNN表示，他不会支持舒默担任党魁。汉密尔顿是94年来首位赢得堪萨斯州参议员席位的民主党人，他曾将自己定位为独立于民主党之外。
Annie Andrews, the Democratic senator-elect from South Carolina, told Fox News’s Bret Baier on Thursday that the Democratic party needs new leadership. When asked whether she would support Schumer’s leadership bid, she replied: “I still very much believe it’s time for generational change on both sides of the aisle.”Adam Hamilton, the senator-elect from Kansas, told CNN on the campaign trail that he would not support Schumer as the party’s leader. Hamilton, the first Democrat to win a Kansas Senate seat in 94 years, had pitched himself as independent from the Democratic party.
来自密歇根州的参议员当选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔-萨耶德周四再次在CNN上拒绝支持舒默担任多数党领袖，并表示他想考虑其他选择。
Abdul El-Sayed, the senator-elect from Michigan, again declined to support Schumer as the majority leader on CNN on Thursday and said he wanted to consider other options.
其他即将就职的民主党人也拒绝支持舒默，其中包括来自得克萨斯州的参议员当选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科；来自伊利诺伊州的参议员当选人朱莉安娜·斯特拉顿；来自新罕布什尔州的参议员当选人克里斯·帕帕斯；来自明尼苏达州的参议员当选人佩吉·弗拉纳根；以及来自缅因州的参议员当选人特洛伊·杰克逊。民主党选民已表明他们希望党内有更新、更年轻的领导层。过去两年里，进步派民主党人在地方和州级选举中取得重大胜利。
Other incoming Democrats have also declined to support Schumer, including James Talarico, the senator-elect from Texas; Juliana Stratton, the senator-elect of Illinois; Chris Pappas, the senator-elect of New Hampshire; Peggy Flanagan, the senator-elect of Minnesota; and Troy Jackson, the senator-elect of Maine Democratic voters have indicated they want newer and younger leadership in the party. Over the last two years, progressive Democrats have scored major victories in local and state elections.
这促使一些议员推动对延续十年的领导层进行类似变革。现年75岁的舒默自2017年起担任参议院民主党领袖。
It’s led some lawmakers to push for similar changes in decade-old leadership. Schumer, 75, has served as the Democrats’ leader in the Senate since 2017.
但舒默对自己的参议院多数党领袖竞选似乎并不担忧，周三对记者表示：“我将再次当选为多数党领袖。”舒默在其党内很可能拥有足够票数成为下一任多数党领袖。截至周五下午，他也是无竞争对手参选——没有其他参议院民主党人正式宣布参选。但这位资深民主党人也鼓励党内成员团结一致。
But Schumer did not appear worried about his bid for Senate majority leader, telling reporters on Wednesday: “I’ll be re-elected as majority leader.”Schumer likely has enough votes within his party to become the next majority leader. He’s also running uncontested as of Friday afternoon – no other Senate Democrat has officially thrown their hat into the ring. But the longtime Democrat has also encouraged members of his party to rally around one another.
“问题不在于我……问题在于关注美国民众及其诉求，”舒默对记者表示。
“The issue is not me … the issue is focusing on the American people and what they want,” Schumer told reporters.
在众参两院均获得舒适多数席位后，民主党将以新一届国会的身份开启工作，有能力对唐纳德·特朗普政府进行制衡，并兑现向选民承诺的立法议程。
After securing a comfortable majority in both the House and Senate, Democrats will head into a new Congress with the ability to push back on Donald Trump’s administration and pass legislation they promised to voters.