The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has lost dozens of races in which it backed a candidate in this year’s midterm elections, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the spending by the once insuperable political lobbying group, in a sign of its waning influence. Politico found in a report on Thursday that more than 30 of the group’s candidates lost their elections this week.
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Progressive lawmakers are mounting a campaign to end the Trump administration’s war on Iran by cutting off funding for the effort and potentially forcing a government shutdown, after Democrats won a historic majority running against the unpopular conflict. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Maryland) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) are two figures leading the effort, which is akin to Congress’s…
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The midterms saw a landslide of Latinos vote for Democrats. In Texas, California, Kansas and Colorado, Latinos who had voted for Republicans just two years ago voted for Democrats in large numbers, helping secure Democratic control of both the House and the Senate. Latino lawmakers will make up about a fifth of the Democratic majority in the House. And in an historic victory, the two most populous…
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In the final televised debate for Michigan’s Senate race, GOP candidate Mike Rogers used his closing remarks to claim that Jewish Democrats were supporting him because they view his Democratic opponent, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, as “too extreme” on the subject of Israel. “Jewish Democrats who are afraid for their children when their daughters can’t wear their Star of David walking across Michigan’s…
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On Monday, Alaska election officials filed a motion calling for the “immediate” dismissal of a lawsuit, brought forward last week by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), that seeks to invalidate the state’s U.S. Senate race if the Republican candidate loses. The race features three main candidates. Democrat Mary Peltola is neck and neck in polls with incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R).
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PACs and executives from three of the leading private prison companies have donated close to $1.2 million to candidates, fundraising committees, and political party committees during this year’s midterm election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records. A GEO Group subsidiary, GEO Reentry Services LLC, donated an additional $4.4 million to MAGA Inc.
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