US Senator Chris Van Hollen has said he is running for Senate Majority Leader as the Democrats gear up to take charge of the US Congress in January following a Democratic landslide in midterm elections on November 3.

Van Hollen said in a post on X, late on Thursday: “In this election, Americans called on us to unrig an economy rigged against working people & fueled by political corruption”,

“To deliver, we need new leadership”, he said, adding that “This isn’t about any one person – it’s about answering that call”

“That’s why I’m”, he said.

Calls were mounting on Van Hollen to throw his hat in the race for the senate majority leader amid some opposition to minority leader Senator Chuck Schumer’s continued tenure after he faced criticism over how he has handled the Democratic Caucus during the Trump presidency.