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- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is one of the most powerful lawmakers in Washington, DC.
- He was elected to a Brooklyn- and Queens-anchored House seat in 1980 when he was just 29 years old.
- Schumer won his first Senate race in 1998 and became the leader of the Democratic caucus in 2017.
Sen. Chuck Schumer always wears his Brooklyn pride on his sleeve.
The veteran lawmaker — born and raised in the highly diverse New York City borough — graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School before serving in the New York State Assembly and then winning his first US House of Representatives election in 1980 at age 29.
After serving in the House for 18 years, he rose to the Senate in 1999 and continues to represent New York state's roughly 20.2 million people.