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Kim Schrier (Kim Schrier for Congress/via JTA)
November 9, 2018, 2:58 pm
Kim Schrier wins House race in Washington state, flipping a Republican district
Jewish Democrat and pediatrician is among 11 Jewish women, including nine in House, to be elected in record-setting year for women voted into Congress
By JTA
Democrat Ayanna Pressley gives her victory speech at an election night party after being elected to represent Massachusetts' 7th congressional district, on November 6, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
November 9, 2018, 10:36 am
How we got Ayanna Pressley wrong on Israel
The first woman of color elected to the House of Representatives from Massachusetts joins other progressive trend-setters — but it’s a mistake to think she’s the same
By Ron Kampeas
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, November 7, 2018. (Evan Vucci/AP)
November 7, 2018, 9:06 pm
With newly split congress, Trump urges Republicans, Democrats to ‘work together’
US president praises Democratic leader and likely next speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi; hopes for cooperation on economic growth, infrastructure, trade
By Agencies
Democrat Ilhan Omar speaks after winning in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District race during the election night event held by the Democratic Party on November 6, 2018, in St. Paul, Minnesota. (AP Photo/Hannah Foslien)
November 7, 2018, 9:05 pm
Political pioneers: US voters elect trailblazing candidates
Muslim, Native American women headed to House for first time, while Jewish winner in Colorado to be first openly gay governor
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK
Rep. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., speaks with Roll Call in her office on Capitol Hill on October 26, 2017. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
November 7, 2018, 3:53 pm
Nevada Rep. Jacky Rosen, former synagogue president, wins Senate bid
Freshman Democratic congresswoman has taken a centrist pro-Israel line, saying she would have opposed the 2015 Iran nuclear pact
By JTA
In this November 6, 2008 photo, Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat, is photographed outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Michigan. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)
November 7, 2018, 3:17 pm
Muslim women make US history with congressional wins
Democrats Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib headed to Congress after election that notched a series of wins for minority candidates
By TOI staff
US President Donald Trump arrives for a "Make America Great Again" campaign rally at McKenzie Arena, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on November 4, 2018. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP)
November 7, 2018, 11:51 am
GOP keeps Senate control for 2 more years, in partial triumph for Trump
Democrats take House in midterm election, but US president manages to avoid a feared ‘blue wave’ after polarizing campaign
By Alan Fram
David Rosen, from left, Jennifer Karol and her husband Tom Karol react to an update on the 32nd Texas congressional race during an election night party for Democratic candidate Colin Allred at the Magnolia Hotel Dallas Park Cities in Dallas, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Andy Jacobsohn)
November 7, 2018, 11:22 am
Democrats retake the House, setting up divided government
Republicans lose more than two dozen suburban districts across the nation, ending eight years of control that began with the Tea Party revolt of 2010
By LISA MASCARO
Members of the Trumpettes celebrate as incumbent US Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is announced as the winner over Democratic challenger Rep. Beto O'Rourke in a tightly contested race at the Dallas County Republican Party election night watch party on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018 at The Statler Hotel in Dallas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
November 7, 2018, 6:18 am
Democrats poised to take House, as Republicans retain Senate
After a polarizing and racially charged campaign, GOP manages to beat back a ‘blue wave’ that never fully materialized
By Steve Peoples
A voter casts his ballot in the midterm election at the East Midwood Jewish Center polling station in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on November 6, 2018. (Angela Weiss / AFP)
November 6, 2018, 4:24 pm
Blue wave or red tide? Americans start voting in midterm verdict on Trump
With control of Congress at stake, voters take to the polls to render their verdict on their president’s tumultuous two years in office
By Sebastian Smith
Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, left, speaks with reporters after her general campaign kick-off rally in the Bronx borough of New York, September 22, 2018. (Don EMMERT/AFP)
November 5, 2018, 12:47 pm
Ocasio-Cortez is a New York Democrat rock star on the cusp of power
Set to be the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, 29-year-old candidate who once decried Israel’s ‘massacre’ of Gazans is both media darling and lightning rod for criticism
By Agencies and TOI staff
Republican Muslim US Congress candidate Omar Qudrat. (Screenshot: YouTube)
October 31, 2018, 12:47 pm
Republican Muslim hoping for US Congress seat in Trump era
Omar Qudrat, a former Defense Department worker who is pro-life and rejects ‘identity politics,’ defends president’s economic policies but says he could do more to unite Americans
By Javier Tovar
(Illustration by Lior Zaltzman/Getty Images/via JTA)
October 17, 2018, 11:05 am
A guide to the Jewish Democratic House candidates in the 2018 midterm elections
36 Jews are running on Democratic ballots for the House, half of them incumbents and several more all but assured victory
By Ron Kampeas
Democrat Senator for New York Nita Lowey speaks during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 6, 2018. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
October 16, 2018, 9:04 pm
Pro-Israel Congress members push bill for investment in Palestinians
Measure would see some $50 million put into local businesses as a way to counter massive aid cuts made by the Trump administration
By JTA
Ted Deutch
October 14, 2018, 12:31 pm
Ted Deutch
A Democratic House majority will continue support for Israel
Despite claims in the NY Times, plenty of Democratic reps and candidates support Israel and oppose BDS
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