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Chris Van Hollen: ““We saw a huge outburst of democracy on election day – red states, blue states, purple states – and it wasn’t only a…”

On the recordNovember 13, 2026
“We saw a huge outburst of democracy on election day – red states, blue states, purple states – and it wasn’t only a rejection of Donald Trump and his corruption, his wars and his cruelty, it was also about a call for a larger change, to take on a broken economic system that’s rigged in favour of the very wealthy against working people, and it’s fuelled by a corrupt political system.
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland

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Announcing challenge for Senate leadership.

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