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Dear Friend,

A historic number of our fellow citizens have handed President Trump a
clear defeat and elected Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to be the next
president and vice president of the United States.

The most hateful, divisive and destructive presidency in our lifetimes is
coming to an end. Donald Trump will depart the White House, David Friedman
will be replaced as ambassador to Israel and others who’ve overseen this
administration’s cruel and destructive policies -- from Pompeo to Barr,
Cuccinelli to Stephen Miller -- will be replaced by public servants worthy
of those posts.

I want to thank every member of this movement who stepped up when our
democracy was on the line and our country was in turmoil to do the work
that made this victory possible.

Though the final tally will reveal that Biden received one of the largest
popular vote leads in decades, because of the way our electoral system is
structured, things ultimately came down to some very tight races in a
handful of states. And that makes the effort you put in over the past two
years all the more decisive to this victory.

A little bit about that work:

* Through phonebanking, textbanking and canvassing, J Street supporters
made over half a million voter contacts, with a large amount of our
effort focused on Pennsylvania, Nevada and other crucial battleground
states.
* Together, we filled over 2,000 volunteer shifts and sent 9,200
personalized letters to infrequent voters.
* J Street supporters donated a historic $9 million to key races,
including over $2 million to President-Elect Biden, through
JStreetPAC. That makes JStreetPAC the largest pro-Israel PAC for the
seventh cycle in a row.
* Though it was a difficult night for challengers, we were victorious in
at least 125 House and Senate races. At least 29 endorsed Senators and
117 endorsed members of the House* will serve in the 117th Congress. 

[ [link removed] ]Full election results, polling and more can be found on our 2020
Election Report microsite >>

And, of course, our work is far from over.

Most immediately, J Street-endorsee Jon Ossoff is headed into a run-off in
Georgia, where a pair of elections will decide control of the Senate. It
will be a hard-fought race, but with so much on the line, we’ve got to
give it our all.

Then comes the work of turning this electoral victory into meaningful
policy changes on the issues confronting our nation, Israelis,
Palestinians and our planet as a whole.

And, if President Trump tries to undermine these results and interfere
further with the democratic process, we and our allies within the Protect
the Results coalition are prepared. Rest assured, he will fail.

For now, I hope you’ll take a moment to savor the victory that so many of
you played such a large part in achieving.

Shabbat shalom and thank you,

Ben Shnider and the J Street political team

* This number is likely to rise as a few of our races remain too close to
call.


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Israel to be secure, democratic and the national home of the Jewish people.
Working in American politics and the Jewish community, we advocate policies that
advance shared US and Israeli interests as well as Jewish and democratic values,
leading to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.



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