The center-left New Democrat Coalition elected Rep. Brad Schneider to be its chair in the next Congress, as the caucus with a reputation for reaching across the aisle to strike deals grapples with how to navigate a second Trump administration.
The Illinois Democrat, who has twice flipped his district in the wealthy Chicago suburbs, defeated Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., for the chairmanship of the New Dems, the biggest caucus among House Democrats.
Schneider, a moderate, pitched his New Dems colleagues on his experience doing nearly every job within the caucus, from vice chair of communications, the position he currently holds, to chairing the New Dem Action Fund, the group’s political arm, to leading a policy task force.
