Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday is launching what he says is his party’s most expansive effort yet to thwart interference in the 2026 midterms, countering what Democrats argue are direct threats from President Donald Trump and Republicans against fair elections.
Schumer is tapping former top officials, including former Attorney General Eric Holder, as part of Democrats’ new election task force that Schumer says will identify “threats” to the upcoming election and work to mitigate them.
Prominent Democratic attorney Marc Elias will also serve on Schumer’s election task force. Elias oversaw the Democratic Party’s response to lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign contesting the 2020 presidential election results.