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New leadership. Not Schumer. Not Jeffries.
Democrats won the majority. The people who delivered it do not want the same leaders running the House and Senate. House Democrats vote November 18. Senate Democrats follow in early December, and that race has named doubters. Here is how both votes work, and how you make your voice count before they happen.
PEOPLE-LED · OPEN TO EVERYONE · UPDATED NOVEMBER 6, 2026
Time to step aside
Start here
Four steps. About five minutes.
You do not need political experience or connections. Everything below is public information and your own words.
Send one message
Copy a short message, change it to sound like you, and send it through their official contact form. Personal messages count more than form letters.
Open my message templates →Say who should lead
Vote in the people’s poll for the Democrat you want leading each chamber. No name or email required.
Vote in the people’s poll ↓Sign the petition
Nearly 820,000 people have signed a petition asking House Democrats to hold a competitive speaker election instead of an uncontested one. It is not ours, and we are not affiliated with it. It is the loudest public signal that people want this vote held in the open.
Open the petition on Change.org ↗Change.org is an outside platform. It will ask for your name and email; we never see any of it.
That is the whole ask. If you want to go further, bring two other people with you. A handful of constituents from the same district is noticed in a way one message is not.
819,787Verified signatures on a petition asking House Democrats to hold a competitive speaker electionSee the petition ↗
InundatedHow Axios describes the volume of constituent calls House offices are receiving about the speaker voteRead the reporting ↗
No challengerHakeem Jeffries has formally launched his speaker bid and no House Democrat has announced against himRead the reporting ↗
We did not organize the petition and we are not affiliated with it. We link it because it is the clearest public measure of how many people want this vote held in the open. Counts and reporting are as of November 6, 2026.
Where the campaign stands
The path to new leadership.
Live
- 1Build public pressure
Make the case publicly that the people who delivered the majority want new leadership.
- 2Constituents contact their members
Voters tell their own representatives and senators, directly, what they expect before the leadership vote.
- 3A member steps forward
Someone has to actually run. As of November 6, no House Democrat has announced against Hakeem Jeffries, so the speaker nomination is on track to be uncontested. This is the step that has not happened.
- 4The leadership election is held
House Democrats vote November 18 behind closed doors. Senate Democrats follow in early December. Both are secret ballots of sitting members.
- 5New leaders are chosen
The caucus and conference select the leaders who will serve in the 120th Congress.
Poll results above update live. The campaign phase reflects publicly reported events and is our assessment, not an official statement from any caucus. House Democrats meet November 18 and 19, 2026; Senate Democrats are expected to follow in early December. Verify current dates with the official sources below.
The people’s choice
Who do you think should lead?
Pick the Democrat you want leading each chamber. Start typing any sitting Democratic member. Results update live for everyone.
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VOICESHARED RESULTS
VOICESHARED RESULTS
This is an unofficial, open community straw poll, not a Democratic Caucus or Senate Conference ballot. No name or email is requested. One ballot per browser, per chamber; because this is anonymous, repeat voting from other browsers cannot be fully prevented. Results represent people who chose to participate, not all voters or all Democrats.
Know where your voice lands
Two chambers. People can be heard in both.
Members decide · constituents set the standard
U.S. Senate / Democratic Conference
An open Senate leadership election
Current Democratic Leader: Chuck Schumer (New York) · Democrats choose their Majority Leader for the new Congress
- Make the case to Democratic senatorsShare the standard you expect of any leader: clear priorities, a real strategy, accountability to constituents, and a process where every member is heard. Ask your senators to support an open leadership discussion.
- Build support among conference membersSenators can nominate any member for a conference leadership post. A contested election is decided by secret ballot.
- Use the conference meeting processUnder the current rules, 20% of conference members can request an unscheduled meeting in writing with an agenda. When the Senate is in session and taking roll-call votes, it must occur within three days.
- Win the secret-ballot majorityFor a contested leadership post, voting continues until a candidate receives a majority of members present and voting. If there are more than two candidates, the lowest vote-getter is eliminated after each ballot until someone has a majority.
- Confirm the transition and prioritiesAfter the caucus vote, the new leader chairs the conference. Members can then align leadership roles, committee work, and a public agenda.
When: Senate Democrats are expected to hold leadership elections in early December, by secret ballot, including senators-elect. Check for updated conference rules before acting.
U.S. House / Democratic Caucus
An accountable House caucus nomination
Current Democratic Leader: Hakeem Jeffries (New York) · Democrats choose a Speaker nominee; the full House elects the Speaker
- Ask Democratic representatives for a leadership reviewConstituents can request a caucus discussion on leadership, direction, and what members need from their team.
- Develop a credible alternativeHouse Democrats select their party leaders. Encourage any interested member to offer a clear platform and build support across the caucus.
- Focus on the caucus voteHouse leadership is elected by Democratic members, not by the full House or the public. Caucus election rules and schedules can change; ask the Democratic Caucus for the current notice and procedures.
- Win the caucus nominationMembers choose the Democratic nominee for Speaker under the caucus rules. Once the new House convenes, the full House elects the Speaker.
- Set a direction members can defendAsk all candidates to explain how they will lead, communicate, support members, and pursue shared priorities.
When: House Democrats meet November 18 and 19, 2026 to choose their leadership for the 120th Congress. The full House elects the Speaker when the new Congress convenes January 3, 2027.
The public route
The people set the standard.
Leadership belongs to the people who send representatives to Congress. Keep showing up after Election Day: set the standard you expect, follow through with your members, and help decide who earns the next mandate.
For every House district & Senate state
01 / LearnIdentify your representatives, their next election date, and state deadlines.
02 / CompareAsk candidates about leadership standards and the outcomes you care about.
03 / ParticipateRegister, vote in the primary where eligible, and vote in the general election.
04 / Follow throughKeep contacting the winner and track how they vote in future caucus leadership elections.
A simple starting checklist
One clear ask. One next step. Then keep going.
Use this checklist to turn a broad goal into a sequence you can actually complete. Your progress stays in this browser.
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Official references
Senate Democratic Conference RulesOfficial caucus rules: meetings, secret ballots, elections, and officersOffice of the Clerk — House LeadershipOfficial description of how House party leaders are selectedU.S. Senate — Leadership & OfficersCurrent Senate leadership rosterCongress.gov — Find Your MemberOfficial directory for contacting House membersUSA.gov — State Election OfficesOfficial state election office directoryUSA.gov — Voter RegistrationRegistration guidance and state links
What we stand for
Our positions.
Working values · not yet adopted by a member vote
Working valueHealth care is a human need
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Everyone should be able to get quality health care without financial hardship. We will develop specific, costed proposals together with the people who use and provide care, rather than announcing a plan and asking for agreement.
Agreeing is anonymous. No name or email.
Working valueEvery eligible voter should be able to vote
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Protect equal access to registration and voting, make election information easy to find, and support secure, accurate elections. We point people to official state election resources rather than substituting our own.
Agreeing is anonymous. No name or email.
Working valueA safe, stable home should be within reach
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We support practical approaches to affordable housing, housing stability, and preventing homelessness. Specific goals will be developed with renters, homeowners, people experiencing homelessness, and local communities.
Agreeing is anonymous. No name or email.
Needs legal reviewThe right to bear arms, and public safety
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We respect the individual right to keep and bear arms, and we support a prohibition on civilian access to fully automatic weapons. The exact proposal must be developed with public-safety evidence, constitutional review, and community input before we advocate for specific legislation.
Agreeing is anonymous. No name or email.
Needs legal reviewSecure borders and workable legal immigration
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We support secure, orderly borders alongside realistic legal pathways with clear requirements and timely decisions, so people have a lawful way to come and are not pushed toward unlawful entry. Our working principle is to require no disqualifying criminal record, with transparent criteria, accurate background checks, and fair due process. Which records qualify as disqualifying, and how humanitarian circumstances are handled, must be defined before we present a detailed proposal.
Agreeing is anonymous. No name or email.
Working valueSchools should be safe to walk into
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No parent should send a child to school wondering if they come home. We support practical school safety measures developed with teachers, parents, school staff, and law enforcement, alongside the public-safety guardrails described in our position on arms. Specific proposals need evidence and community input, not slogans.
Agreeing is anonymous. No name or email.
Working valueNew parents and families need real support
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Most wealthy countries guarantee paid parental leave, affordable childcare, and postpartum care. The United States does not. We support building that floor here: paid leave for new parents, accessible childcare, and real maternal health care before and after birth. We will develop specifics with parents, providers, and employers.
Agreeing is anonymous. No name or email.
OpenOther human rights priorities
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We will select additional priorities through an open member process rather than claiming to speak for everyone. If an issue matters to you and is not here, that is a gap we want named.
Agreeing is anonymous. No name or email.
How a working value becomes an adopted position
Every idea on this page carries one of three labels: working value, under member review, or adopted policy. For anything we adopt, we publish the evidence and the tradeoffs behind it, hold open listening sessions, record amendments, and tell members who voted and when. We will not claim unanimity we do not have, and we will not present voluntary poll results as public consensus.
First, who represents you?
Your message goes further when it comes from a constituent.
Offices sort mail by district. A message from someone they represent is counted; one from outside is usually not. Enter your ZIP and we will show you only the messages that apply to you.
The people move together
Make your voice easy to hear.
Pick a chamber, copy a short message, and send it through your elected member’s official contact page. Add your own words. Then invite two people to do the same.
Tell your senators what leadership should look like.
Ask them to choose a new-generation Majority Leader who listens to constituents and brings the whole conference together.
Find and contact your senators ↗Tell your representative what leadership should look like.
Ask your representative to support an open nomination process and a caucus culture that answers to the people who sent them.
Find and contact your representative ↗If Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries is your own member of Congress
Then you are not a bystander in this. You are a constituent of the person whose leadership is in question, and your message carries more weight than anyone else's. Use the version written for that case.
Then you are not a bystander in this. You are a constituent of the person whose leadership is in question, and your message carries more weight than anyone else's. Use the version written for that case.
Write to Senator Schumer directly.
Respectful, specific, and from a constituent. It asks him to stand for an open vote rather than assuming the job.
Contact Senator Schumer ↗Write to Representative Jeffries directly.
Same approach for House constituents in his district. It asks for an open nomination, not a resignation.
Contact Representative Jeffries ↗Our standard: leadership that is chosen openly, explains its reasoning, and answers to constituents rather than to special interests. Invite people in. Share the page with friends, family, union members, neighbors, and local groups. Keep the conversation open, respectful, and focused on the future we want to build together.
Every member of Congress
Who represents you, and who funds them.
All 539 sitting members of the House and Senate, both parties, same standard. Search by name, state, or party.
Our mission
Human rights are practical, everyday things.
We organize people to advance human rights and dignity in the United States, starting with health care, voting access, housing, and safe communities, and to make public leadership answer to the people it serves. We turn broad ideals into clear goals and specific actions ordinary people can take together.
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Where we are todayWe are a volunteer civic advocacy project in our founding stage. Members do not yet govern this organization, so nothing here is presented as an adopted platform or a representative membership vote. We publish our status openly and will say so when that changes.
Who is behind this
Chuck Schumer is my senator. That is why I am asking.
My name is Andrew Leonenko. I live in Suffolk County, on Long Island. It is a Republican congressional district in a state that sends two Democrats to the Senate. One of them is Chuck Schumer. He represents me, which is exactly why I think I am allowed to ask how he keeps his job.
Around here, people voted for a Republican to represent their district and Democrats to represent their state. They are not confused. They are making judgments about individual people, which is what you would want voters to do. What nobody gets a say in is who runs the caucus once the votes are counted.
I am tired, and a lot of people I know are tired. Not of politics exactly, but of being told that the people who made a majority possible have no say in who leads it. Leadership votes happen behind closed doors, and the people who delivered them are not in the room.
What I want is narrow and specific: an open, recorded vote on who leads House and Senate Democrats, instead of a routine return. I want representatives who answer to the American people, not to foreign interests, not to billionaires, and not to whoever has held the chair longest.
I am politically active and I have no position on running for office right now. I am not a candidate, I have no committee, and I am not asking anyone for money. I run a small software company, and I built this site myself because the tools to contact your own representatives should not be hard to find.
Disclosures
Who pays for this, and what we collect.
Who publishes it
Accountable Majority is published by Leonenko Group LLC, a company owned and funded by Andrew Leonenko. There is no outside money behind it.
Funding
It takes no donations, sells nothing, and has no sponsors or advertisers. Costs are hosting and a domain, paid by the company.
Independence
It is not affiliated with or coordinated with Congress, any party committee, candidate, or campaign. It is not a PAC and has registered no committee.
What we collect
No name, email address, or account is requested. The poll stores a random ballot id in your browser and a one-way hash used only to limit repeat voting. We do not sell or share anything.
Governance
No membership process exists yet. Positions on this site are working values, not a platform adopted by any vote. Nobody here claims to speak for all Democrats or all voters.
Status
Andrew Leonenko is politically active and is not a candidate for office. If any of the above changes, this page will say so, dated.
Last updated November 6, 2026.
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