By GottaLaff
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer (D) is giving up his job running the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee after two successful campaign cycles which saw his party go from minority status under a newly re-elected President Bush to its biggest Senate majority in three decades.In 2006, Schumer helped engineer a 6-seat gain that gave the Democrats a 1-vote majority in the Senate. [...]
Schumer is leaving his campaign post because he wants to play a more active role in the burst of legislation expected during Obama’s first year in office.
The New York Democrat’s successor has not yet been named by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. One Democrat frequently mentioned is New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez.
Had he stayed on, it would have been an unprecedented third term.
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