Associated Press calls Tammy Baldwin (D) the winner over former Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) to become the first openly gay member of the Senate. The other Tammy, Iraq War vet Tammy Duckworth (D), beats incumbent GOP Rep. Joe “You Lie” Walsh in Illinois.
There are few Jews living in Illinois’s 8th Congressional District. But Israel and the proposed two-state solution to its conflict with the Palestinians are front and center in the heated congressional race there. To the surprise of many, the race between incumbent Republican Joe Walsh and Democrat Tammy Duckworth has become a battleground for supporters…
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