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election
Computer woes force Likud to extend hours in primary vote
Jewish Journal
November 25, 2012
Polls will remain open past midnight in Likud Party primary voting following computer malfunctions at several polling stations.
Josh Mandel falls to Sherrod Brown in Ohio
Jewish Journal
November 7, 2012
Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel failed in his bid to unseat Sen. Sherrod Brown.
Netanyahu congratulates Obama on re-election
Jewish Journal
November 7, 2012
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday for winning a second term and said the strategic alliance between their two countries was \”stronger than ever\”.
Four more years (of bickering)
Shmuel Rosner
November 6, 2012
So the Jewish vote didn’t make much difference after all. Not even in Florida. Had Romney taken Florida, had he won this election, we could have argued that the 31 percent of Jews he was able to win over in the Sunshine State played an important role in his razor-thin victory. But he lost the election, Jewish gains notwithstanding. Thus, the first lesson, then, for Jewish Republicans like Sheldon Adelson should be as follows: If you have resources to spend on campaigning, if you are truly committed to the cause, spend your time and money assisting your party in winning over the people without whom elections cannot be won: Latinos.
Jewish Democrats Grayson and Frankel win in Florida
Jewish Journal
November 6, 2012
Jewish Democrats Lois Frankel and Alan Grayson won congressional seats in Florida.
In battleground state Ohio, Jewish voters favoring Obama handily, AJC poll shows
Jewish Journal
October 3, 2012
An American Jewish Committee survey of Jewish voters in Ohio, a battleground state, has the community favoring President Obama in similar numbers to polls elsewhere.
Susan Shelley: Berman-Sherman’s Republican Jewish opponent
Jonah Lowenfeld
May 16, 2012
Earlier this month, when the Los Angeles Daily News announced its endorsements in the San Fernando Valley’s 30th District Congressional race, the newspaper tapped two Jewish candidates — but not the same two candidates whom voters have been hearing so much about.
In Jewish election season, old themes and new concerns about Iran
Jewish Journal
May 8, 2012
Simmering beneath the presidential season’s familiar refrains of support for Israel is a passionate partisan argument over how best to confront Iran and deal with the new Middle East.
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