Thanks to overwhelming support from a growing Puerto Rican community in Central Florida, Alan Grayson, the pugnacious Jewish Democrat ousted in the Tea Party wave of 2010, is returning to Congress after a historic landslide. Grayson’s success comes after the 18-point shellacking he took as an incumbent congressman two years ago. This time, he won…
NBC calls Chris Murphy the winner over Linda McMahon for Conn. Senate. As predicted, swing states Florida, Ohio, Virginia, N. Carolina and Pennsylvania are all too close to call. All the states called so far are predictably red or blue. The only interesting news so far: Sen. Joe Manchin (D) is reelected in W. Va….
It’s that time of year again, when Jewish politicos go latke-hopping from one Hanukkah event to another, making sure to be seen at the right menorah-lighting events. And there are many to choose from in the nation’s capital. First, naturally, comes President Obama’s Hanukkah reception at the White House. This is a tradition handed down…
What’s the Matter With Florida? Jewish Democrats aren’t doing well in … South Florida? What’s up with that? It’s a sign of the times, the Forward’s Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman suggests. “Trailing in the polls is probably the only thing the two Jewish Floridians have in common.” (MitzVote) Mama Obama Raises the Vote: After a…
It is hard year for all Democrats, nothing new about that. But if a Jewish incumbent can’t pull it off in South Florida, it could be a sign things are really bad. Three of four Florida Jewish lawmakers are up for re-election. The fourth, Ted Deutch, who represents the most Jewish county in the U.S.,…
Extremely Extreme: Florida’s 8th congressional district is home to one of the country’s more distinctive contests, as we’ve reported here: liberal Jewish Democrat Alan Grayson vying against conservative Christian Republican Daniel Webster. To Webster’s already solid conservative Christian bona fides — he works to restrict abortion, fought for the state to force-feed Terry Schiavo and…
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