Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday welcomed 11 newly elected Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol after midterm elections in which Democrats flipped both chambers of Congress, States Newsroom reported¹.

Joining Schumer in his office were Sens.-elect Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, James Talarico of Texas, Juliana Stratton of Illinois, Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan, Peggy Flanagan of Minnesota, Annie Andrews of South Carolina, Josh Turek of Iowa, Adam Hamilton of Kansas and Troy Jackson of Maine¹.

Schumer, a New York Democrat, said on the Senate floor that voters last week "put Donald Trump and the GOP on blast," according to Arkansas Advocate¹. He remains Senate Democratic leader but will have to run again next month to keep the post¹.

The States Newsroom account said Pappas would be the first openly gay elected senator, El-Sayed the first Muslim senator, and Flanagan the first Native American woman in the Senate¹. It said Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola, an Alaska Native, could join Flanagan if she wins a race still too close to call¹.

By the 120th Congress in January, Democrats will have 54 senators, and potentially 56 if Peltola and Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom win races still being counted, the report said¹. Colom could become the first Black senator from Mississippi since Reconstruction if he defeats Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith¹.

Kansas Reflector carried the same copy with a headline that named Hamilton among the class. No Republican response was included¹.