Tag: 2020 Democratic Primaries
Neal holds on in Democratic primary against anti-Israel challenger
In a win for the pro-Israel community, incumbent Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) won against progressive challenger Alex Morse in the Democratic primary on Tuesday in Massachusetts’s 1st Congressional District.
Neal, chairman of the U.S. House Ways and...
Israel support pushed to side in heated Massachusetts congressional primary
Longtime Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.) is facing a serious primary challenge from progressive Alex Morse on Sept. 1 in Massachusetts’s 1st Congressional District.
Will Morse, currently the mayor of Holyoke, Mass., continue the streak of...
Questions stir over BDS, certain Democratic primary candidates in Massachusetts
Ahead of the Sept. 1 Democratic primary for the Massachusetts 4th District, questions are growing over one candidate’s past stances regarding the BDS movement.
Progressive Jesse Mermell, a former Brookline select board member, who has...
Boston-born Jake Auchincloss seeks House seat vacated by Joe Kennedy
The race to fill the seat vacated by Rep. Joe Kennedy, who is running for U.S. Senate, has produced one of the most competitive primaries in Massachusetts.
The election, which will be held on Sept....
Could a pro-BDS congressional candidate win in New England’s largest Jewish district?
The Democratic Party has undergone a shift in recent years, with a number of longtime incumbents falling to progressive upstarts. In heavily blue Massachusetts, the race to succeed Democrat Rep. Joe Kennedy (who is...
Pro-BDS candidate wins in congressional Democratic primary in Missouri
Progressive Cori Bush, who supports the anti-Israel BDS movement, upset longtime Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) in the Democratic primary on Tuesday in Missouri’s 1st Congressional District.
Bush won 48.9 percent of the vote, while Clay,...
IfNotNow endorses Omar for re-election to Minnesota seat
The anti-Israel group IfNotNow has endorsed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) for re-election in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District.
“BREAKING: IfNotNow Movement Rejects Racist Attacks, Becomes Latest Jewish Group to Endorse @IlhanMN for Re-election,” tweeted the group in a thread on...
Pelosi gives $14,000 to Omar’s re-election campaign
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has donated $14,000 to the re-election campaign of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District, according to Federal Election Commission records released on Thursday.
Pelosi gave $10,000 from her political action...
Sanders pushes supporters to campaign for Tlaib, Omar in competitive primaries
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is urging his supporters to campaign for Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) as they both face increasingly tough upcoming Democratic primary challenges.
“Some of our strongest allies in...
RJC not backing GOP candidate in photos with former neo-Nazi leader
The Republican Jewish Coalition has said it will not be backing a Republican congressional candidate in in a safely Republican district in Georgia who posted for photos with a former neo-Nazi leader.
Following the Tuesday primary,...