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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

J.B. Pritzker

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks during an interview in Chicago, August 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)
August 20, 2024, 2:34 am
After being vetted for VP, Jewish governor of Illinois is now hosting the DNC
J.B. Pritzker jokes Democrats weren’t ‘crying out for white Ukrainian American Jewish billionaires,’ as his backers wait to see what surrogate role he may play for Harris campaign
By Ron Kampeas and Ben Sales
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a campaign rally with Democratic presidential candidate, US Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at the Liacouras Center at Temple University on August 6, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Andrew Harnik / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
August 19, 2024, 9:51 pm
At DNC, Josh Shapiro denies antisemitism kept him off Harris ticket
Pennsylvania governor blames Trump for stoking claim that nominee chose Tim Walz as running mate because Shapiro is Jewish
By Ron Kampeas
US Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (L) speak to the press while making a stop at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. (Ryan Collerd/AFP)
July 23, 2024, 12:03 pm
At least two Jewish governors thought top contenders to be Harris’s running mate
State leaders Josh Shapiro, J.B. Pritzker could join VP on Democratic ticket; Sen. Mark Kelly, whose wife is Jewish, and pro-Israel Gov. Andy Beshear also said in running
By Andrew Lapin and Ron Kampeas
Possible contenders to replace Joe Biden on the US Democratic ticket include, clockwise from top, Vice President Kamala Harris, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and California Governor Gavin Newsom. Colorado Governor Jared Polis is at far left. (Collage by Grace Yagel/Getty Images via JTA)
July 4, 2024, 3:24 am
Good for the Jews? Here are the candidates who could replace Biden on the ticket
While US president is still insistent he will seek reelection, discussion is underway about other possible Democratic nominees after debate debacle. Here are their Jewish stories
By Ron Kampeas
Mark Cuban at Dallas Mavericks game at Madison Square Garden in New York, Nov. 14, 2019. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images via JTA)
April 9, 2020, 1:19 am
So Bernie won’t be the first Jewish president — here are 10 people who could be
With Sanders officially out of the running, a look at politicians and influential figures who could some day make a bid for the top US job
By PHILISSA CRAMER, Gabe Friedman and Ron Kampeas
A woman dressed in a poncho, face mask and protective eyewear pushes her grocery cart in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, on Friday, March 20, 2020. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ordering all workers in non-essential businesses to stay home and banning gatherings statewide. Nonessential gatherings of individuals of any size or for any reason are canceled or postponed. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
March 20, 2020, 11:13 pm
New York, Illinois join California in ordering residents to shelter at home
People living in the 3 biggest American cities, NYC, LA and Chicago, will all be under lockdown as part of efforts to contain coronavirus outbreak as US death toll tops 200
By Tim Sullivan and Nicole Winfield
Revelers celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 14, 2020, during an unofficial gathering at Tracey's Original Irish Channel Bar in New Orleans. (Scott Threlkeld/The Advocate via AP)
March 16, 2020, 7:39 am
Party’s over: 4 US states close bars, restaurants over virus
Local governments in Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, Washington and New York City among those to order shut down to promote social distancing, but not all states acting similarly
By SUDHIN THANAWALA
In this July 29, 2018, photo, Illinois Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker talks with supporters in Geneva, Ill. New Illinois campaign reports show that Pritzker has pumped $146.5 million of his own money into his bid to unseat Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)
November 7, 2018, 5:15 am
Jewish Congress members poised to take key leadership roles
There are two new Jewish governors and a first two Muslim women in Congress; a neo-Nazi running in Chicago loses after being disavowed by his party
By Ben Sales
US Rep. and US Senate candidate Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is interviewed after rallying supporters at a get-out-the-vote canvass launch at a Nevada State Democratic Party field office on November 4, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Rosen is trying to unseat Republican Dean Heller in a tight Senate race. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images via JTA)
November 7, 2018, 1:02 am
12 Jewish (or Jewish-adjacent) races to watch in US midterms
In several key races Jewish candidates and Jewish issues will be central to which party wins and loses when the votes are counted
By Ben Sales
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