Skip To Content
JEWISH. INDEPENDENT. NONPROFIT.
Fast Forward

Laura Moser Takes Hit From Party Establishment In Democratic Primary For Texas Congress Seat

The Democratic Party is gunning for Laura Moser, a Democratic candidate in a Houston-area Congressional primary.

Yesterday, in an unusually aggressive attack, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted opposition research against Moser, calling her “a Washington insider who begrudgingly moved to Houston to run for Congress.”

Moser is a prominent Jewish leader of the anti-Trump movement and the founder of Daily Action, a civic engagement text service. She is also a writer and has contributed culture articles to the Forward. Some Democrats worry that she is too liberal to win a general election in the Houston-area congressional district.

While the official campaign arm of the House Democrats is attacking Moser, other Democratic groups have stood by her, including the progressive group Democracy for America, founded by former Vermont governor Howard Dean.

Moser is competing in a district seen as a key potential pickup for the Democrats, seeking to unseat incumbent Republican John Culberson. She is facing a crowded field of fellow Democratic hopefuls in the March 6 primary in the district that voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in 2016.

Contact Josh Nathan-Kazis at [email protected] or on Twitter, @joshnathankazis.

Republish This Story

Please read before republishing

We’re happy to make this story available to republish for free, unless it originated with JTA, Haaretz or another publication (as indicated on the article) and as long as you follow our guidelines. You must credit the Forward, retain our pixel and preserve our canonical link in Google search.  See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs.

To republish, copy the HTML by clicking on the yellow button to the right; it includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to the Forward. It does not include images; to avoid copyright violations, you must add them manually, following our guidelines. Please email us at [email protected], subject line “republish,” with any questions or to let us know what stories you’re picking up.

We don't support Internet Explorer

Please use Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge to view this site.