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Friend --

The dust is settling a bit following Election Day and, while control of
the House and Senate remain up for grabs, it’s clear that the big winner
yesterday was democracy itself.

J Street is proud to have carried the flag in this election for the
pro-Israel, pro-peace, pro-democracy camp.

With your help, we stood up to dangerous anti-democratic candidates, and I
am so proud that the results delivered a clear rebuke to the ideologies,
policies and conspiracy theories championed by the MAGA extremists.

We supported 178 candidates across the primaries and general election,
raised over $9 million, and rallied our community because our democratic
values were on the ballot.

And we couldn’t be more proud of the results:

* A 92% current victory rate, with the overwhelming majority of our 20
most vulnerable pro-democracy House incumbents securing re-election;
* A critical win for our endorsee John Fetterman in the Pennsylvania
Senate race;
* A slew of victories for exciting new pro-Israel, pro-peace candidates
across the country, including Greg Casar in Texas, Hillary Scholten in
Michigan, Becca Balint in Vermont, and Delia Ramirez and Nikki
Budzinski in Illinois.
* A resounding win for Democrat Summer Lee in Pittsburgh, overcoming
more than $3,200,000 in attack ads from AIPAC throughout the cycle.

J Street Political Briefing | Monday, 7pm Eastern

Join us Monday for a special briefing on both the election results and the
findings of J Street’s unique election-night poll of Jewish voters.

We’ll dive into our community’s voting patterns and their views on
democracy, antisemitism, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and more.

We’ll recap J Street’s electoral impact and assess the broader political
landscape, the state of our democracy and what comes next.

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This could not be a more critical moment for democracy globally. As you
know, it was only last week that Israel too held pivotal elections. Our
elections and all those across the globe are part of an epic battle being
waged to protect and advance liberal democratic freedoms.

On one side are those carrying the torch of democracy and committed to the
rule of law. We in the pro-democracy camp are looking to protect and
expand our freedoms and to ensure equality, freedom and justice for all in
our societies.

On the other side are those trafficking in tribalism and resentment, ready
to undermine the foundations of democracy and the rule of law. These are
the forces of ethnonationalism -- who exploit racism, anger and fear to
build power.

In Israel, a far-right Netanyahu-led coalition now sits at the threshold
of power, threatening our core values and the rights and freedoms of both
Israelis and Palestinians. Here in our own country, while we may have
staved off the worst last night, we know that the forces of antidemocratic
ethnonationalism will try everything they can to win power in 2024 and
beyond.

In the midst of this historic struggle for our future, J Street knows
which side we’re on.

We will only support candidates who support Israel's security and share
our belief in democracy, freedom and equality for all.

As we fight the far-right extremism at the heart of the MAGA movement, we
will proudly represent the overwhelming majority in our community who
share our values -- those who will never agree to back candidates who deny
elections and enable insurrections, simply because they wrap themselves in
a “pro-Israel” mantle.

Though a number of races remain to be called, we already know that we’ll
enter the next Congress with many new allies and partners across the
country, across generations and across the democratic ideological
spectrum, ready to stand up to the politics of fear, ethnonationalism and
autocracy.

Together, we will meet the challenges here and in Israel and we will unite
behind a shared vision rooted in our common values.

Thank you, Friends, for your continuing support. I do hope you can
join us Monday as we dive into the results of our 2022 election night
survey of Jewish American voters and chart a course forward for our
movement.

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Yours sincerely,

Jeremy Ben-Ami
President, J Street

PS. At such a critical moment for democracy in the US and Israel, we need
to show our movement’s strength at our upcoming National Conference in
Washington. [ [link removed] ]Please take a moment to register for our National
Conference and Advocacy Day in Washington DC one month from now -- which
you can attend virtually or in-person.


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