(JTA) — Jacky Rosen, a former synagogue president and a freshman Democratic Congresswoman from Nevada, defeated sitting Sen. Dean Heller. Rosen defeated Heller with 50.8 percent of the vote to Heller’s 45 percent. Rosen, a former software developer, was talked into running by former Sen. Harry Reid, who believed she was the likeliest challenger to…
The overwhelming majority of American Jews voted Democrat in Tuesday’s elections, a CNN poll found. Nearly 80% of Jewish voters polled voted Democrat, while 17% voted Republican. Jews also voted Democrat at the highest rate of any other religion included in the poll, which included several denominations of Christianity. The poll did not include a…
Adam Schiff is vowing oversight of for Donald Trump that the GOP “completely abdicated,” he said on MSNBC Tuesday evening. Schiff said he planned to use the power of the House Intelligence Committee — of which he will become the chair — to investigate the Trump administration, something the GOP did not use it for…
GOP Rep. Steve King was reelected in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District, despite condemnation for his anti-Semitic and racist rhetoric, The Hill reported. King, now a nine-term representative, beat out Democrat opponent J.D. Scholten 50.4%-47%. Not one for dog whistles, King has been uncensored when it comes to his white nationalist viewpoints. He has a long…
(JTA) — Jewish producer Jason Blum was booed and had to be physically removed from the stage of the Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles after he accused President Trump of fomenting rising anti-Semitism in the United States. Blum was onstage at the Steve Tisch Cinema Center, Saban Theater on Tuesday evening being honored with the…
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic fliers were discovered in an office on the campus of the University of Rochester. The fliers were found on Monday morning on a printer at the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at the university‘s River Campus, the local ABC affiliate 13WHAM reported. “Anti-Semitic messages were faxed to…
With Democrats grabbing control of the House of Representatives, Rep. Jerry Nadler will become the chairman of the Judiciary Committee — and could preside over impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Several other Jewish memebers of Congress are expected to take over key committees such as foreign affairs and the panel that allocates spending. Democrats rode…
In one of the closest and hardest-fought election races in the country, Democratic philanthropist Scott Wallace lost his bid to unseat incumbent Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in a disproportionately-Jewish district in the Philadelphia suburbs. Wallace was criticized by many in the local Jewish community after the Forward revealed that his family foundation had given $300,000…
With Democrats poised to retake the New York State Senate, the key swing vote in the divided chamber, Sen. Simcha Felder, appears to have lost all his leverage. Republicans had controlled the Senate by one vote thanks to the support of Felder, a registered Democrat who tended to vote with Republicans. But the liberal party…
Retired Navy commander Elaine Luria squeaked ahead to victory in her key congressional race in Virginia’s 2nd congressional district, centered around Virginia Beach. With 97% of voting precincts accounted for, CBS called Luria the victor after defeating one-term incumbent Rep. Scott Taylor 51%-49% in a race that Taylor won 61%-39% two years ago. Like Taylor,…
Lena Epstein, the strongly pro-Trump Republican candidate who was harshly criticized by her fellow Jews for inviting a Messianic Jewish “rabbi” to pray at a political rally, has lost her bid to be elected to the House of Representatives in her suburban Detroit district. CNN called the race a little before 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday…
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