Friend,
The success of a Harris Administration – or, God forbid, the power of a Trump Administration – will hinge on control of the Senate.
This year, every competitive Senate race is a blue seat that risks turning red. With the pro-democracy majority resting on a razor-thin 51-49 split, we have to focus on defense.
In the last few weeks, pro-Trump and pro-crypto super PACs have exploded into Senate races in Ohio, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and other key states. We have to push back.
The five J Street endorsees listed below are on the frontlines.
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President Biden’s slim pro-democracy Senate majority has enabled significant progress over the last four years: Rebalancing the courts to buttress our democracy. Passing a vital aid package to Ukraine and Israel. Increasing humanitarian aid for Gaza. Making historic investments in green energy and lowering prescription drug prices.
The Senate matters, and we need to make sure our pro-democracy majority holds. We’re up against a flood of new spending from pro-Trump billionaires, and the emergence of massive cryptocurrency super PACs – courted by JD Vance and other GOP leaders – which now rank among the largest corporate interest spenders.
Learn more about how joining JStreetPAC can boost the impact of your donations to frontline endorsees. We can’t afford to go back.
Lexi Goldwyn
Associate Political Director, JStreetPAC
A well-regarded Democrat in a deep red state, working-class, rural champion Jon Tester faces the toughest Senate reelection battle in the country.
He’s up against radical right-winger Tim Sheehy, whose controversy-riddled campaign has doubled down on the absurd claim that women are aborting full-term pregnancies and also stands accused of fuelling the antisemitic trope that Jewish lawmakers control the media.
In recent weeks, billionaire-funded super PACs have flooded the airwaves with record-breaking spending. The fight is now the most expensive per-capita Senate race in American history.
With Tester’s long-standing reputation for effectiveness and deep connections statewide, he can still pull out a victory, but we’ll need to make sure his campaign has all the resources to turn out every voter they need statewide. Boost your political impact by joining JStreetPAC and amplifying your donation to candidates like Jon Tester today >>
Working-class progressive champion Senator Sherrod Brown sits in the second most vulnerable Senate seat this cycle, with the Cook Political Report listing Ohio as a toss-up race. A champion of our issues – from securing a ceasefire and hostage release deal to keeping all students safe on college campuses – we have to keep him in the Senate.
Brown faces never-Trumper turned Trump loyalist Bernie Moreno, who recently made headlines for misogynistic remarks suggesting that women were single-issue voters who wanted abortion on demand. “It's a little crazy, by the way,” Moreno said, “especially for women that are like past 50, I'm thinking to myself, 'I don't think that's an issue for you.'"
With strong personal appeal and a record of fighting for everyday Ohioans, Sherrod Brown is well placed to win the increasingly red state – but he’s now confronting newly announced spending of over $40 million from an out-of-state crypto-PAC. Join JStreetPAC to boost the impact of your donations to campaigns like Sherrod Brown's today >>
The strength of the hugely popular Senator’s campaign is pivotal to turning out pro-democracy voters in this crucial swing state – key to holding the Senate, rebuilding the House majority and electing Kamala Harris. Senator Baldwin is a courageous voice for our values, a diplomacy-first leader and a champion for the humanity of Israelis and Palestinians alike.
Trump-backed Republican candidate Eric Hovde is so extreme that even Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported on his history of antisemitic slurs and embrace of conspiracy theories.
With airwaves in Wisconsin flooded with eye-wateringly expensive political ad buys, funded in large part by Hovde’s own deep pockets, we need to make sure Senator Baldwin’s campaign has the resources it needs to identify, confirm and turn out voters through to election day. Join JStreetPAC to amplify the impact of your donations to frontline candidates like Tammy Baldwin today >>
The road to winning the House, Senate and White House runs straight through Pennsylvania, with J Street’s newest Senate endorsee Bob Casey having a razor-thin advantage in this “lean blue” race. With our pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy values on the line in Pennsylvania, we have to ensure every campaign has what they need to win.
Casey’s extreme MAGA opponent, David McCormick, is a threat to all of our shared values. McCormick praised Dobb’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade as a “huge victory” and has flip-flopped on supporting exceptions to abortion bans for rape or incest.
As the race tightens, billionaire GOP donors are flooding into Pennsylvania – sometimes quite literally; Elon Musk joined a Trump rally there last week. With pro-Trump, pro-crypto money inundating the race, we need to ensure the Casey campaign has what it needs to power through to election day. Join JStreetPAC to boost the impact of your donations to candidates like Bob Casey today >>
JStreetPAC is thrilled to support Angela Alsobrooks in her bid for Senate, in what the Cook Political Report ranks as one of the eight most competitive Senate races in the country. A Senate win for Alsobrooks would be historic, giving Maryland its first Black and second female senator in the state’s history – and J Street another congressional champion.
Alsobrooks faces off against popular former Republican Governor Larry Hogan, who is desperately attempting to reframe himself as a moderate and who has already attacked Alsobrooks for her nuanced, compassionate approach to Israel-Palestine. While Alsobrooks leads with empathy, Hogan is gripped by a black-and-white, with-us-or-against-us approach to pro-Israel politics.
In May, Alsobrooks had a remarkable primary win over AIPAC-favored candidate Congressman David Trone, who spent over $62 million of his own money on the race. Now, she needs our support to beat Hogan and the super PACs lining up behind him. Join JStreetPAC to donate to frontline candidates like Alsobrooks today >>
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