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Schumer brushes aside leadership doubts after Democrats win Congress

FOX 10 Phoenix's widely watched report moves beyond the election result to Democratic leadership bids, household costs and the Iran war.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 234,550 views a day, 72 times a normal first day on this channel (3,264).

Election aftermath: Democrats take House and Senate | FOX 10 Phoenix

Hakeem Jeffries is making his bid for House speaker. Chuck Schumer, facing questions about his own leadership, sounds certain about what comes next: "I'll be re-elected as majority leader."

Those leadership decisions form part of FOX 10 Phoenix's "Election aftermath: Democrats take House and Senate | FOX 10 Phoenix," a short report on the work and disagreements awaiting the new congressional majorities. It drew more than 230,000 views in just under a day, far beyond the channel's usual start for a Short.

Reporting from Washington, Caroline Elliott outlines Democratic priorities including lowering the cost of living and ending the war with Iran. Schumer redirects attention from his position to that agenda: "The issue is focusing on the American people and what they want."

The Republican explanations center on the war. Vice President JD Vance links the election loss to the conflict in a social media post. Donald Trump, speaking at the construction site of the White House ballroom, defends his actions as necessary to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. He offers cooperation with Democrats, but explicitly keeps his veto power in the conversation.

A separate FOX 10 Phoenix upload, "What Democrats plan to do after winning Congress | FOX 10 Phoenix," also had an unusually strong start. That follow-up gives the affordability agenda more detail: healthcare reform and efforts to rein in Trump's tariffs.

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The facts

Channel: FOX 10 Phoenix
Subscribers: 593,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 4,596,595
Channel views, pace per day: 451,355 (on a normal day: 591,086)
Video published: November 5, 2026
Video views so far: 232,320 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 234,550

The numbers

The election-aftermath report reached far beyond FOX 10 Phoenix's usual Shorts audience. Its follow-up on Democratic plans also drew an unusually strong early audience.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,264

this video

234,550

subscribers

593,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

544,104,205

views per day

451,355