Chuck Schumer (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from New York. He assumed office on January 3, 1999. His current term ends on January 3, 2029.
Schumer (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent New York. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Schumer is the Senate majority leader in the 117th Congress. He became the majority leader when the Democratic Party gained a majority in the Senate in January 2021. He previously served as Senate minority leader from 2017 to 2021. He was first elected to the Senate in 1998. Schumer won re-election in 2016 with 70.7% of the vote.
As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Schumer is one of the most reliable Democratic votes, meaning he can be considered a safe vote for the Democratic Party in Congress. Click here to read about key votes made by Schumer.
Prior to serving in the U.S. Senate, Schumer served in the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 1980 and represented New York's 9th Congressional District in the U.S. House from 1981 to 1999.
Schumer was born in Brooklyn and attended Harvard College, where he became interested in politics and campaigned for Eugene McCarthy in 1968. After completing his undergraduate degree, he continued to Harvard Law School, earning his Juris Doctor with honors in 1974.
