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Voting stickers at a polling station in Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 2, 2024. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
September 10, 2026, 12:41 pm
Poll shows two-thirds of U.S. Jewish voters will favor Democrats in November
Despite tensions over Israel and rising antisemitism, respondents ranked affordability and the future of democracy as their top issues in the midterms.
By Ron Kampeas
California Governor Gavin Newsom delivers his final state budget plan at California's State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. on Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
September 2, 2026, 9:51 am
California lawmakers pass bills to address antisemitism, deem ‘Jewish’ an ethnicity and protect religious observance
Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has until Sept. 30 to sign bills into laws or veto them.
By Sharon Udasin
Vice President JD Vance speaks at a MAGA Inc. super PAC event in Sterling Heights, Michigan, on August 31, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / POOL / AFP)
September 1, 2026, 12:16 pm
Vance courts Jewish Republicans, but leaves Tucker Carlson ties unanswered
One RJC leader called it a “progress day for JD Vance and the Jewish community.”
By Joseph Strauss
(L-r) Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan's Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, joins Maryland U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin and Michigan U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell for a town hall in Ann Arbor, Mich., Aug. 26, 2026. (Andrew Lapin/JTA)
August 30, 2026, 8:09 pm
Abdul El-Sayed and Jamie Raskin sidestep Hasan Piker, and Israel, in Michigan campaign stops
The Senate candidate and a prominent Jewish House Democrat seek to move beyond the streamer’s latest remarks about American Jews.
By Andrew Lapin
Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed addresses the state's Jewish Democratic Caucus during the party's nominating convention in Lansing, Mich., Aug. 29, 2026. During the meeting, El-Sayed apologized for earlier comments he had made about an attack on a synagogue in the state, in which he had said, "Hurt people hurt people." (Andrew Lapin/JTA)
August 30, 2026, 7:33 pm
Abdul El-Sayed apologizes for his past Temple Israel comments in meeting with state’s Jewish Dem caucus
“I made a mistake,” the Democratic U.S. Senate nominee said about his earlier remarks on the synagogue attack.
By Andrew Lapin
Gov. Josh Shapiro has announced plans to seek reelection . (Photo by David Rullo)
August 26, 2026, 11:16 am
66% of likely in-state voters think Shapiro doing well or should do more on Israel
Just 14% thought that the Jewish Democratic governor is too supportive of the Jewish state, according to a new survey.
By Jonathan D. Salant
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers, at left, looks on as Rabbi Asher Lopatin, the former director of Community Relations at the Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor, speaks in support of his campaign in Detroit, Michigan, Aug. 20, 2026. (Screenshot via YouTube)
August 25, 2026, 1:31 pm
In the Michigan Senate race, will anyone take AIPAC’s money?
Reports say the GOP candidate would like the pro-Israel lobby to refrain from direct spending on his campaign against the progressive Democrat.
By Andrew Lapin
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) speaks with voter Sandra Woodburn as she campaigns outside of the Kings Point Clubhouse polling station on August 18, 2026, in Tamarac, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
August 19, 2026, 9:47 pm
Debbie Wasserman Schultz wins Florida congressional primary
She becomes the first white candidate in a district that has sent Black representatives to Congress for more than 30 years.
By Sharon Udasin
Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
August 19, 2026, 2:59 pm
Rep. Randy Fine beats Dan Bilzerian, who said he wants to ‘kill Israelis’
The GOP representative won his party’s primary in a race marked by barbs against Jews and Muslims.
By Sharon Udasin
Former celebrity poker player and Instagram influencer Dan Bilzerian has referred to his opponent as a "fat Jew" and referenced Adolf Hitler in a positive light in a recent campaign video. (Prodip Guha/Getty Images)
August 18, 2026, 7:20 pm
Antisemitism takes center stage in Florida races featuring anti-Israel Republicans
Fishback is eyeing the governor’s seat and Bilzerian hopes to head to Congress.
By Joseph Strauss
August 12, 2026, 1:55 pm
Chronicle poll results: Out-of-state primaries
We asked our readers if they are following primary races in other states. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
Democratic Socialists of America co-chair Megan Romer. Screenshot via The New Yorker/YouTube
August 10, 2026, 7:21 pm
What does DSA actually want? Its national co-chair can’t say.
Backlash follows an interview in which the co-chair, Megan Romer, says she would have attended Oct. 8 protests
By Louis Keene
Former U.S. Rep. Cori Bush prepares to deliver her concession speech on August 6, 2024, in St Louis. (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)
August 6, 2026, 8:02 pm
Did Cori Bush’s focus on AIPAC doom her Missouri Democratic primary bid?
The former congresswoman pledged to tear down the pro-Israel lobby’s “kingdom.” Now, they’re the ones still standing.
By Sharon Udasin
Early results are broadcast at a primary night watch party for U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens at the Hotel Saint Regis Detroit on August 4, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:33 pm
El-Sayed’s narrow Michigan win sets up a reckoning among Jewish Democrats
Jews who backed Rep. Haley Stevens are weighing whether they can support an avowed critic of Israel, though some find solace in his razor-thin victory.
By Grace Gilson
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks in Detroit after a radio appearance on Dr. Horace Sheffield's GOTV Community Rally on August 01, 2026. (Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
August 5, 2026, 7:23 pm
El-Sayed decried AIPAC. Now he hopes to win over pro-Israel Democrats.
El-Sayed devoted a chunk of his primary victory speech to promising Michigan’s Jews that he cared about their safety.
By Ron Kampeas
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