This is the Forward’s coverage of the 2026 election season.
2026 Elections
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News In the race for Jerry Nadler’s seat, much talk on Israel but little disagreement
In Manhattan’s heavily Jewish 12th Congressional District, Alex Bores, Micah Lasher and Jack Schlossberg all largely support Israel, even as Gaza and military aid divide Democrats elsewhere
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Fast Forward Staunch Israel critic and Gaza trauma surgeon Adam Hamawy wins NJ-12 primary
Hamawy's victory makes him the latest in a string of vocally pro-Palestinian candidates to win the Democratic nomination for Congress
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News Scott Wiener wins spot in general election for San Francisco House seat as a Jewish critic of Israel
Wiener, who declared Israel perpetrates genocide, is part of a cohort of progressive Jews running for Congress and taking oppositional stands
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News Israel dominates debate as Rep. Dan Goldman defends seat in referendum on Zionism
Challenger Brad Lander pushes incumbent on refusal to call Gaza war genocide, while Goldman condemns Israel boycott
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Fast Forward Scott Wiener, Spencer Pratt and Eric Swalwell’s replacement: 5 primaries Jews are watching in California
A tight three-way mayoral race in Los Angeles is dividing Jewish voters
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Fast Forward Candidate who vowed to imprison ‘American Zionists’ loses in Texas runoff
Jewish groups and Democratic leaders condemned Maureen Galindo, who lost to Johnny Garcia
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News New York lawmakers approve 50-foot buffer around houses of worship in challenge to Mamdani
The statewide measure comes as synagogue protests persist
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Fast Forward Texas candidate’s antisemitic rhetoric sparks outrage ahead of Tuesday runoff. Did it fuel her rise?
The contest for the Democratic congressional candidate for a South Texas seat will test the resonance of Maureen Galindo's extreme comments
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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Opinion How can I live freely as a Jew in a world where strangers rip my mezuzah off my doorframe?
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Opinion Israeli and diaspora Jews live in different realities. The Israel Day parade proved it
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Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
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Fast Forward Majority of House Democrats vote to defeat Lebanon war powers measure
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Fast Forward After years of hostile relations with Israel, Slovenia’s new prime minister signals diplomatic reset
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Opinion Israel gives in to the politics of debasement
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Looking Forward My irrational, possibly problematic obsession with an $85 yarmulke