Schumer Resigns as DSCC Chairman
After winning six Senate seats in 2006 and at least seven in 2008, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has decided he has had enough running the DSCC and will not run it in 2010. Schumer's resignation was expected. An oft-mentioned successor is Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), one of the three Latinos in the Senate (along with Ken Salazar of Colorado and Mel Martinez of Florida).
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Schumer Resigns as DSCC Chairman
After winning six Senate seats in 2006 and at least seven in 2008, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has decided he has had enough running the DSCC and will not run it in 2010. Schumer's resignation was expected. An oft-mentioned successor is Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), one of the three Latinos in the Senate (along with Ken Salazar of Colorado and Mel Martinez of Florida).
After winning six Senate seats in 2006 and at least seven in 2008, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has decided he has had enough running the DSCC and will not run it in 2010. Schumer's resignation was expected. An oft-mentioned successor is Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), one of the three Latinos in the Senate (along with Ken Salazar of Colorado and Mel Martinez of Florida).
Why would Mel Martinez, a Republican Senator from Florida, be considered as the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee?
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