Friends,
I’m looking at this list below. I can still hardly believe it.
The sheer number of QAnon-supporting, white nationalist, anti-democratic, antisemitic, race-baiting candidates on the ballot this November is shocking.
Worse still, these are close races. There’s a very real chance these people make it into the House or Senate next year -- unless we stop them.
As President Biden said last night, this is not normal. Equality and democracy are under assault.
Below, our team has listed nine candidates we believe pose a clear and present danger to our community, our country and our democratic future.
Each of them is in a tight contest. Every little bit makes a difference.
J Street is proud to be supporting strong, principled candidates who will keep these folks out of Congress and instead be champions of democratic freedom both at home and abroad.
If you'd like to become a member of JStreetPAC so that you can make contributions in races like these (and join special events) you can click 'become a J Street member' at this page >>
Laura Birnbaum
National Political Director, J Street
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John Gibbs is a champion of the far-right and well known in all the wrong circles. A promoter of the Big Lie, he has defended antisemitic rhetoric and suggested prominent Democrats practice satanic rituals.
Gibbs' upset victory in the Republican primary unseated Peter Meijer, one of the few Republicans to loudly condemn President Trump’s election lies. As Gibbs heads toward the general in this toss-up West Michigan district, we have the chance to send a message: The Republican party’s shift toward extremism is an electoral disaster.
J Street endorsee and former DOJ attorney Hillary Scholten has a clear opening lead against Gibbs. Our movement is making sure campaigns like hers have the support they need to take it to the finish line. Become a J Street member to support candidates like Hillary Scholten >>
Ohio Congressional challenger JR Majewski raised money for the January 6 insurrection. He’s on record saying “I believe in everything that’s been put out from Q” -- a reference to the outlandish, antisemitic far-right QAnon conspiracy theory.
A proud ultra-MAGA candidate, Majewski will compete with Marjorie Taylor Greene for the title of most absurd, inflammatory and downright dangerous Member of Congress. As a planner and active supporter of the January 6 riot, he has Trump’s full and enthusiastic support (though Majewski blames the FBI for the violence, because of course he does).
Standing in Majewski’s way is Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, a proud J Street endorsee. Candidates like Marcy need our support to make clear to voters that we can’t take democracy for granted. Become a J Street member to support candidates like Marcy Kaptur >>
Nevada Senate challenger Adam Laxalt rose to prominence as the proud champion of the ‘Big Lie’ while serving as Nevada’s co-chair of President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. With polling showing that the Nevada Senate race rests on a knife's edge, fortifying J Street champion Senator Catherine Cortez Masto’s campaign is a top priority for our movement.
A dedicated conspiracy theorist, Laxalt is a top trafficker of the ‘Great Replacement’ theory and led lawsuits to undermine President Biden’s victory in Nevada. An investigation recently revealed that a top campaign aide joined the January 6 riot alongside two members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right extremist group.
This is one of the tightest Senate races in the country, and a top priority for our movement. Together, we're focused on defending and expanding the pro-democracy majority in the House and Senate. Become a J Street member to support candidates like Catherine Cortez Masto >>
Former Trump administration employee Paul Junge is all in on the right-wing Israel agenda. Junge is a champion for President Trump’s annexation plan for the West Bank and cheered Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from President Obama’s Iran deal.
Junge is challenging Congressman Dan Kildee in Flint, Michigan and the race is tight. A longtime ally of J Street, it’s vital that our movement fortify Kildee’s position. Together, we can make sure another anti-diplomacy, pro-settlement Trump Republican gets nowhere near Congress.
Our movement is working to make sure pro-democracy, pro-diplomacy, pro-equality candidates like Kildee have the resources to win. Become a J Street member to support candidates like Dan Kildee >>
Congressman Ken Calvert is one of the 109 AIPAC endorsees to vote to toss out the election results on January 6 and has repeatedly doubled down on Donald Trump’s ‘Big Lie.’ While federal prosecutor Will Rollins was investigating those who led the January 6 insurrection, Calvert was calling to drop the charges against those who stormed the Capitol.
Now, Rollins is running to defeat Calvert in one of the closest House races in the country.
This race presents our movement with one of the best opportunities to defeat an election denier and one of AIPAC’s 109 anti-democratic endorsees. Become a J Street member to support candidates like Will Rollins >>
While the Republican party is seeking to present Alexis Martinez Johnson as a ‘moderate’ in this purple New Mexico district, her record is anything but.
Johnson championed abortion bans, fought with police over masking requirements, and called impeachment proceedings against President Trump “a coup by US House of Representative leftists.” In 2020, she was listed as a speaker at a white nationalist protest honoring a militia group.
Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez, a proud J Street endorsee, is standing in Martinez Johnson’s way in a race that could determine the majority in the House.
Together, we're making sure that campaigns like these have the resources they need to make clear to voters just how extreme their opponents are. Become a J Street member to support candidates like Teresa Leger Fernandez >>
Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson is in the January 6 committee’s crosshairs for his office’s role in President Trump’s efforts to overthrow the election. As rioters were preparing to storm the Capitol, Johnson’s staff were planning to provide Vice President Mike Pence with a slate of fake electors who would claim Trump had won the state.
Johnson presents a threat not only to our democracy, but to our community. As a sitting Senator, he’s trafficked in the antisemitic ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory and frequently uses divisive rhetoric and racial grievance to deflect from questions over scandals and misconduct.
Polls show that his J Street endorsed opponent, Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes, has a strong chance of winning Wisconsin in November. Races like this are important opportunities to increase our pro-democracy majority. Become a J Street member to support candidates like Lt. Governor Mandela Barnes >>
JD Vance is an absolute true believer in anti-democratic ethno-nationalism. In July, the Trump-backed Ohio Senate candidate took time out of his neck-and-neck race with Democratic nominee Tim Ryan to travel to the far-right CPAC conference in Israel.
Sharing a stage with speakers who complained that Arab Israelis have too many rights and who spoke in favor of annexing the West Bank, Vance made clear that the American right and the Israeli right share a common entho-nationalist vision.
In America, Vance has taken heat for peddling the dangerous, anti-immigrant, antisemitic ‘Great Replacement’ conspiracy theory and has lauded the work of right-wing leaders like Tom Cotton, Josh Hawley and Marjorie Taylor Greene. We can’t afford to let a cheerleader for the settlement movement gain a platform in the Senate.
J Street regularly holds local and national events featuring high-profile candidates, including an upcoming event with Tim Ryan which our members will be invited to. Become a J Street member to support candidates like Tim Ryan and attend exclusive events >>
Arizona Senate candidate Blake Masters is under fire for his ties to the proudly antisemitic, Christian nationalist GAB CEO Andrew Torba. Masters has been exposed for lying about his ties to Torba, whose GAB social media platform is a haven for neo-Nazis, white nationalists and conspiracy theorists.
Dubbed “King of the Trolls” by Politico, Masters would be one of the loudest and most dangerous voices in Congress, peddling racist, sexist and antisemitic rhetoric and conspiracy theories. Did we mention he favorably referenced a “poignant quotation” from Nazi Commander Herman Goerring in a 2006 essay?
J Street endorsee Mark Kelly has a strong lead -- we need to make sure candidates like him have the support they need to take it through to election day. Become a J Street member to contribute to candidates like Mark Kelly >>
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