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In reply to the discussion: We currently have 48 Senators who vote as Democrats. Tell Us about Yours. [View all]Rhiannon12866
(255,650 posts)Senator Schumer makes us proud every day, standing up and speaking out as minority leader. We hoped he'd be majority leader, encouraged everyone to GOTV with that in mind when he ran again in November, and we're still hoping for that in 2018.
And I have special affection for Kirsten Gillibrand since she used to be my congresswoman. She did a great job here in NY-20, gave us Democratic representation for the first time in decades and is continuing her work in the Senate. She serves on Armed Services and Agriculture, stands up for our veterans on health care and speaks out for upstate farmers, we are a dairy state and upstate is largely rural. She's continued her advocacy for 9/11 first responders and is a leader in addressing sexual assault in the military. She won with over 70% the last time around and we're going to make sure she's reelected in 2018!