Overcoming concerns about his past association with the Nation of Islam, Democratic front-runner Keith Ellison prevailed Tuesday in a crowded Minneapolis primary to put himself in a strong position to become the first Muslim member of Congress. Speaking via telephone the morning after his victory, the newly minted Democratic nominee in Minnesota’s fifth district told…
WASHINGTON — An influential Jewish lawmaker appears to have the upper hand in Maryland’s Democratic senatorial primary, but liberal observers worry that he could lose African American voters when he runs up against a well-known black Republican in the general election. The Democratic race pits one of Baltimore’s best-known Jewish figures, Rep. Ben Cardin, against…
With Democrats threatening to take back Congress in November, Christian conservative leader James Dobson has launched a multifaceted campaign to mobilize religious voters in eight battleground states. The effort, coordinated by Dobson’s Colorado-based group, Focus on the Family, will include church-based voter registration and education drives aimed at combating “voter apathy” and encouraging “Christians to…
Since the fall of communism, immigrants from the former Soviet Union have transformed the ethnic landscape of southern Brooklyn. Radiating out from Brighton Beach, known as “Little Odessa,” Russian-speaking immigrants — most of them Jewish — are a major presence in many areas of the borough. But one area in which the immigrants have yet…
With Democrats threatening to take back Congress in November, Christian conservative leader James Dobson has launched a multifaceted campaign to mobilize religious voters in eight battleground states. The effort, coordinated by Dobson’s Colorado-based group, Focus on the Family, will include church-based voter registration and education drives aimed at combating “voter apathy” and encouraging “Christians to…
When Colorado Governor Bill Owens urged the state’s lawmakers to approve a get-tough immigration measure for the November ballot, the move seemed certain to back his Democratic rivals into the tightest of political corners. For months, Owens, a Republican, had accused the Democratically controlled legislature of refusing to deal with illegal immigration — one of…
If Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman pulls out a win in November’s general election, the turning point of his campaign may well have been July 31 — the day Dan Gerstein showed up to volunteer in Hartford. In the days before Lieberman lost in the Democratic primary last week, Gerstein, age 39, emerged as one of…
Following the narrow but bruising defeat of Senator Joseph Lieberman in Connecticut’s Democratic primary Tuesday, the former vice presidential candidate appears to be receiving limited support from fellow Jewish lawmakers in his bid to carry on as an independent. Jewish Republicans, meanwhile, are rushing to paint Lieberman’s defeat as a victory for anti-Israel forces in…
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