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News Eric Cantor to Run for House Whip
Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor, the only Jewish Republican in the House, is said to be running for House GOP whip position. Politico reports that Cantor is making calls to line up support from colleagues for the position, which is the second highest Republican leadership
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News Will Jews Have More Voices in Congress?
MULTIPLE UPDATES So far it looks like the number of Jews in Congress may grow by one to three seats. We’ll update these results on Wednesday In New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, Democrat John Adler has been projected the winner over Republican Chris Myers in a squeeker. With 93 percent of precincts reported, Adler trailed…
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News Bloomberg Endorses Blind Rabbi
Dennis Shulman, the blind psychologist rabbi running for Congress in New Jersey, picked up a high-profile endorsement this morning from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “I’m impressed by his pragmatic, sensible approach to the tough issues, including how we strengthen the economy and how we keep illegal guns out of the hands of criminals,” said…
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News Blind Rabbi Gets Times Endorsement for Congressional Bid
The Gray Lady threw it’s support behind Dennis Shulman, the blind rabbi and psychologist challenging incumbent Rep. Scott Garrett in New Jersey’s 5th District.
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News Jewish Challengers Seen Gaining in House Races
New ratings from the Cook Political Report reflect improved chances for a couple of Jewish challengers in tough congressional races. The non-partisan group changed the contest between incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Rogers and Democrat Josh Segall in Alabama’s 3rd Congressional District to likely Republican from solid Republican. Likewise, Florida’s 18th Congressional District seat held by…
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News Democrats Upgrade Blind Rabbi, Alabama Congressional Races
Updated Buoyed by their cash advantage, national polling favoring Democratic candidates as well as local issues, congressional Democrats have upgraded several races including those of a blind rabbi in New Jersey and a 29-year-old Jewish lawyer in Alabama. Dennis Shulman, a psychologist-turned-rabbi-turned-candidate, and Josh Segall, the founder of “Homegrown Alabama,” which encourages schools to purchase…
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News Kirk Pollster Disputes Daily Kos Poll Showing Incumbent Vulnerable
UPDATED: Congressman Mark Kirk’s pollster is calling a poll commissioned by the liberal Daily Kos blog flawed. The poll of the district with a large bloc of Jewish voters north of Chicago showed Kirk, A Republican, leading Democrat Dan Seals 44 percent to 38 percent among 400 voters surveyed. The poll had a 5 percent…
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News Report: Lieberman Not Welcome to Break Bread With Democrats
Retribution was swift for U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman after the Connecticut Indepedent/Democrat’s speech supporting John McCain and criticizing Barack Obama at last week’s Republican National Convention. Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call [Registration required] reports that he’s no longer welcome at the Democrats’ weekly lunches and biweekly lunches of committee chairman. Speculation remains on what will…
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