A Senate Democratic leader who will strip the integration section
Senate Democrats choose their leader by secret ballot in caucus. Your Democratic senator's ballot is a lever on every later vote.
Decision: Jan 5, 2027
Our picks
Our picks are not set yet
The maintainer scan of declared interest, stated position and attention has not been published, so no name is put forward. The ask below stands without one.
The ask, same for every caller
Your senator conditions their leadership ballot on a public commitment to strip the integration section and end the 2028 MOU replacement.
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Where things stand
As of 2026-11-04. Senate Democrats choose their leader by secret ballot in caucus. No challenger has declared, and five incoming senators have said they will not vote for the incumbent VERIFY: count and names, from The Hill, Star Tribune and The Lever, 2026-11-04. The vote date is not published: press says December, this goal's placeholder is 2027-01-05 VERIFY: the caucus date. The ballot is secret, so what can be asked of a senator is a condition they will apply, stated before the vote.
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Timeline
- 2026-11-01: our window opens.
- 2026-11-04: midterm results in; leadership talk starts.
- December 2026: caucus leadership election expected VERIFY: date.
- 2027-01-05: placeholder date in our data until the caucus date is published.
- 2027-01-31: our window closes.
- 2028: the current US-Israel MOU expires, so a new MOU is the next lever VERIFY: expiry year and the status of any replacement talks.
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What to say in 30 seconds
"Hello, I'm a constituent from [your town]. Senate Democrats are about to pick a leader. I'm asking Senator [name] to vote only for a leader who commits, in public, to stripping the integration section from the NDAA and to opposing a new MOU. Will the senator tell me whether that is a condition for their vote?"
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Likely pushback and answers
- "The ballot is secret." The ask is the condition, not the ballot. A senator can say what they will require of a leader without saying how they voted.
- "There is no candidate to choose between yet." That is why now: the condition is put to whoever runs. Ask the senator to put it to every candidate, including the incumbent.
- "Leadership is about much more than one section." Agreed; this is one commitment asked of every candidate, not a litmus test on the rest.
- "Why only Democrats?" Only Democratic senators vote in this caucus, so a Republican senator is not a target for this goal.
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What counts as a win
Your senator tells you or your office, or says publicly, that they will apply the condition. Bigger: a candidate adopts the commitment, or the elected leader makes it. Report the answer you got; positions are recorded from reports, with a source.
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Sources
Dated reporting behind this page is listed below. Everything marked VERIFY above is waiting on a primary source.