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Fast Forward 5 Things To Know About North Carolina Democratic Primary Winner Kathy Manning
Kathy Manning handily won the Democratic primary in North Carolina’s 13th congressional district on Tuesday, earning more than 70% of the vote. She will face off in November against first-term incumbent Rep. Ted Budd to represent Greensboro in Congress. Here’s what you need to know about her: 1. Manning was the first woman to chair…
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News Jewish Voters Could Swing Key Congress Races — And Help Democrats Take Back Congress
If the Democratic Party is hoping for a “blue wave” that will help it recapture the House of Representatives, it will need to flip at least 23 districts, likely including one in Palm Beach County, Florida. Florida’s 18th congressional district is filled with bubbies in age-restricted communities, strip malls and synagogues, including the Reform Temple…
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Fast Forward Islamist Party In Tunisia Backs Jewish Candidate
(JTA) — An Islamist party in Tunisia is backing a Jewish candidate. Simon Slama, the only Jewish candidate, is running in Tunisia’s municipal elections for the Islamist Ennahdha Party. The elections are scheduled to be held on May 6. Slama, a sewing machine salesman and repairman, is running in the coastal town of Monastir, the…
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Fast Forward Can Rahm Emanuel Win Another Term As Chicago Mayor?
Rahm Emanuel is facing one of the toughest battles in his nearly three-decade career in politics: his bid for a third term as mayor of Chicago, POLITICO reported. Emanuel has been pilloried for raising taxes and pursuing policies that some say have disadvantaged the city’s poorer residents. He still lives under a cloud of suspicion…
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Fast Forward Cuomo Pushes Simcha Felder To Give Democrats Senate Majority
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has personally asked Democratic state senator Simcha Felder, who has caucused with Republicans, to reunite with the Democrats so the party can retake the majority, the New York Post reported. “The governor asked me to consider being part of the family,” Felder said, referring to the Democratic party. If Democrats…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Illinois Gov. Candidate Daniel Biss Juggles Fire In Campaign Ad
Politicians in a crowded primary field will try unusual things to get attention from voters. Daniel Biss, seeking the Democratic nomination for the Illinois governor’s race, went in an unusual direction: juggling fire. Many things set me apart from my opponents—and it’s not just the juggling. Make your voice heard at the polls: https://t.co/7YsdqnBRth pic.twitter.com/6TmPHH0oOv…
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News After Conor Lamb, Could Blue ‘Jew Wave’ Help Democrats Retake Congress?
The stunning news of Democrat Conor Lamb’s apparent victory in a closely watched special election for a congressional district in southwestern Pennsylvania sent Jewish Democrats into an unlikely spree of excitement. Lamb’s razor-thin 600-vote win came in a district with relatively few Jewish voters and where Jewish concerns played little or no role. Still, the…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Reaches Compromise To Avoid Early Elections
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling coalition has reached an agreement to prevent early elections. The deal was reached on Tuesday evening, ahead of a possible call by the opposition for a vote to dissolve the government and go to snap elections in three months. Under the deal, according to the Israeli…
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