NEW YORK — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) loose alliance with the Left has begun to unravel as Democratic anger over his government funding vote seeps into his home state.
Schumer is facing the distinct possibility of a primary challenge after he handed Republicans the votes to keep the government open last week, with progressives encouraging Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to run for his seat when he faces reelection in 2028.
The threat is familiar to Schumer, whose durability in New York politics is based, in part, on his ideological flexibility. He successfully warded off a 2022 challenge with a steady shift to the left that earned him the endorsement of the progressive Working Families Party.
But Schumer has risked lasting damage to that relationship as the Democratic base demands aggressive action to oppose President Donald Trump and his sweeping…
