This is the Forward’s coverage of the 2026 election season.
2026 Elections
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News Israeli flag attack ad prompts antisemitism charge in PA state race — yet boosts the Jewish candidate
Mailers to voters from a cryptic PAC endorse a progressive in Tuesday’s primary who says Israel committed genocide
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Fast Forward Talarico won’t campaign with Democratic House candidate who wants to open ‘a prison for American Zionists’
Maureen Galindo is facing a primary runoff in her San Antonio-area district
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Fast Forward Jewish Rep. Steve Cohen will not run for reelection after Tennessee GOP redraws his district
Cohen also took issue with a Republican rival calling him “an old, white Jewish guy.”
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News Why do some people think Rep. Mike Lawler is Jewish?
A drunken antisemitic rant against the Catholic Republican puts spotlight on a congressman who has made fighting antisemitism central to his political identity
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Fast Forward Rand Paul’s son apologizes after reportedly making antisemitic attack on Rep. Mike Lawler
William Paul said he was seeking help for a drinking problem after attacking Lawler, who is not Jewish
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Fast Forward Jewish Republican Paul Singer tarred with rainbow Star of David in Kentucky candidate’s anti-LGBTQ ad
The Kentucky ad encourages viewers to vote for Thomas Massie, the anti-Israel Republican incumbent
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News Hochul makes play for Orthodox voters with tuition relief and synagogue buffer zones
The incumbent Democrat is moving to lock down a key block and ahead of Jewish showdown with Republican rival Bruce Blakeman
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Fast Forward Casey Putsch, candidate who asked Grok to praise Hitler, loses in Ohio GOP primary
Putsch still garnered nearly 1 in 5 votes, in a test for the Republican Party's anti-Israel far right
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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