Senate Democrats to hold leadership election week of Dec. 5, report

Senate Democrats will reportedly wait to hold their leadership elections until the week of Dec. 5, as the Georgia runoff race is set to take place on Dec. 6. 

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who is expected to easily win reelection as the party's leader in the upper chamber, said earlier this week that he was "feeling good" about Democrats' position after Election Day. 

The leadership elections were set for December by Democratic caucus rules, thus they are expected during the week of Dec. 4, a Senate leadership aide told The Hill. 

Top Democratic leaders, including Majority Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.), Assistant Democratic Leader Patty Murray (Wash.), and Policy and Communications Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (Mich.), are not expected to face challenges. 

In addition to Georgia, which will have a runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) and GOP nominee Herschel Walker next month, the Senate races in Arizona and Nevada have yet to be called. 

Senate Democrats set their leadership elections for December while GOP senators have called on their leadership to wait until after the Georgia runoff to hold their leadership elections. 

Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) have all called for the GOP leadership elections to be postponed. Politico reported that Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) have been circulating a letter among colleagues to agree to a postponement of the leadership elections. 

However, Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) on Friday told Republican senators that the leadership elections will be held on Wednesday as planned.