U.S. Midterm Elections
A new Quinnipiac University poll found that 51% of respondents view Gov. Josh Shapiro favorably, while 58% said they had not heard enough about state treasurer Stacy Garrity to form an opinion.
“Vang is currently riding a wave of progressive energy that has been deciding Democratic primaries across the country,” Dan Schnur, a political science lecturer, told JNS.
The survey follows a contentious Senate debate in which El-Sayed accused the American Israel Public Affairs Committee of shaping U.S. foreign policy on Israel’s behalf.
Melissa Chaudhry, who is running in Washington state as a Democrat but has said she would switch to the Green Party, told JNS that she was “forced into a corner by an aggressive and dishonest political opponent.”
Rep. Haley Stevens defended her record and support for a two-state solution as Abdul El-Sayed accused AIPAC of influencing U.S. foreign policy.
The progressive lawmaker joined Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Rep. Pramila Jayapal in endorsing Abdul El-Sayed, who has accused Israel of “genocide.”
“The Democrats’ priorities are not the American Jewish community’s priorities,” Sam Markstein of the Republican Jewish Coalition told JNS.
The former U.S. vice president “is almost certainly positioning herself as an anti-establishment progressive in 2028,” an election analyst at VoteHub stated.
Anti-Israel socialists rack up another primary upset in Colorado, as Kiros defeats 15-term incumbent
Melat Kiros, who said that Oct. 7 was the “inevitable consequence of apartheid,” unseated Rep. Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary to represent Denver in Congress.
“He’s tried to find that middle ground, where he can give a wink and a nod to those kinds of very violent extremist rhetoric, but without being forced to condemn it,” David May, of FDD, told JNS.
“I don’t think it’s new,” Ari Berman told JNS. “This is an effort that was there beforehand—there were some wins and some losses, and it’s important to be mindful.”
Now that the primaries are over, “we hope that everyone will come together and be united,” Christine Quinn, chair of the executive committee of the New York State Democratic Party, told JNS.