1Pick your state and fill in your details.
2Name the leader you want and say why.
3Copy your letter and send it to both senators.
How to send it
- Copy your message.
- Open your senators’ page and click Contact for the first senator. Paste the message into their web form.
- Do the same for your second senator. They each count messages separately.
Rather call? The U.S. Capitol switchboard connects you to any senator’s office:
Washington, D.C. has no voting U.S. senators. You can still contact D.C.’s shadow senators or your House delegate, but leadership votes are cast only by the 100 senators.
Make it count
- Only write your own two senators. Offices usually set aside messages from people outside their state.
- Lead with the ask. Say who you want them to vote for in the first two sentences.
- Stay polite and firm. Staff tally civil, specific messages; angry ones get skimmed.
- Newly elected senators vote too. If one of your senators was just elected, their office may not open until January. Write the senator already in office now, then write the new one once their contact form goes live.
- Thinking of the House? House leaders are chosen by House members. Use the same message with your Representative: find your Representative ↗
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Ask Schumer and Jeffries to step aside.
Chuck Schumer leads Senate Democrats and Hakeem Jeffries leads House Democrats. Tell them yourself it’s time to let someone else lead. A postcard takes five minutes and a stamp.
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Postcard tips
- Handwrite it. Copy the text onto the card yourself. Handwritten cards stand out from mass mailings.
- Keep it short. A 4×6 card fits about 60 words. Put the ask first: “Please don’t run for leader.”
- Sign with your city and state. It shows a real voter wrote it.
- Mail it soon. All mail to Congress is screened off-site, which can add a week or more.
- Then write your own lawmakers. The people who actually vote on leaders are your senators (above) and your House member.
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- Email updates. Get a heads-up when the leadership votes happen and when there’s a new way to push.
For now: write your senators, send the postcards, and pass this site around.
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