Charles Ellis “Chuck” Schumer is the senior United States Senator from New York and a member of the Democratic Party. In 1974, Schumer ran for and was elected to the New York State Assembly, becoming, at age 23, the youngest member of the New York legislature since Theodore Roosevelt.
Schumer prides himself on visiting every one of New York’s 62 counties each year and has successfully done so in each of the 12 years he has served in the United States Senate, the only New York Senator to have done so. He has a reputation for focusing on local issues that are important to average New Yorkers not normally associated with United States Senators, ranging from tourism, to local taxes, to job creation.