Democratic primaries

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, Independent-Vermont, speaks during a rally in Greenville, South Carolina, February 21, 2016. (John Bazemore/AP)

March 17, 2019, 3:55 am

Bernie Sanders stitched up after run-in with shower door

Democratic candidate, 77, gets clean bill of health, keeps campaign schedule

By AFP

In this January 24, 2019, file photo, former US vice president Joe Biden speaks at the US Conference of Mayors Annual Winter Meeting in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

February 24, 2019, 8:16 am

Joe Biden puts foreign policy at heart of his 2020 presidential bid

Campaign is in its infancy, but contenders already looking to distinguish themselves in a crowded Democratic field

By ELANA SCHOR and Thomas Beaumont

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a Capitol news conference regarding the separation of immigrant children, July 10, 2018. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images via JTA)

February 19, 2019, 2:25 pm

Slamming ‘racist’ Trump, Bernie Sanders says he’s running for president in 2020

After a surprisingly strong run for the Democratic nomination in 2016, Independent senator from Vermont announces second White House bid

By JUANA SUMMERS

US Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ, speaks during the Iowa Democratic Party's annual Fall Gala, October 6, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

February 1, 2019, 3:50 pm

New Jersey Democratic Senator Cory Booker launches 2020 bid

Booker enters crowded and historically diverse presidential primary field, starts reaching out to key constituencies and early-voting states

By ELANA SCHOR

US Senator Bernie Sanders at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Dome event in Columbia, South Carolina, January 21, 2019. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images via JTA)

January 30, 2019, 10:25 pm

5 things to watch in another Bernie Sanders presidential campaign

Socialist US senator would have to be more outspoken against Trump in a second run and emphasize his Jewish upbringing, but his advanced age could be his downfall

By Ron Kampeas

In the April 26, 2017 photo, supporters of single-payer health care march to the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

January 22, 2019, 11:24 am

Democrats lurch left on top policies as 2020 primary begins

Candidates campaigning on platform of universal health care and free college tuition could be setting unrealistic expectations

By Steve Peoples

In this September 6, 2018, file photo, US Senator Kamala Harris, a California Democrat, listens as US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, answers her question during the third day of Kavanaugh's Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

January 21, 2019, 4:09 pm

US Senator Kamala Harris jumps into 2020 presidential race

Former California attorney general hoping her law enforcement credentials will boost her bid to become the Democratic nominee

By JUANA SUMMERS

US Sen. Bernie Sanders (Independent, Vermont) arrives at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, DC, March 7, 2018. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

December 31, 2018, 9:57 pm

Bernie Sanders staffers want meeting about ‘sexual violence’ in 2016 campaign

Supporters say it is important to prevent ‘predatory culture,’ allegedly experienced by some, ahead of senator’s possible 2020 bid

By JTA and TOI staff

Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, right, speaks to supporters with his wife Casey (l) at an election party after winning the Republican primary Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018, in Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

August 29, 2018, 4:14 pm

GOP picks Trump-backed pro-Israel conservative for Florida’s governor race

Ron DeSantis to run against Bernie Sanders-backed Andrew Gillum in gubernatorial election; several Jewish candidates involved in House races

By Ron Kampeas

Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), the sister organization of The Jewish Vote, march in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2016. (Gili Getz)

August 11, 2018, 1:55 pm

Jewish Democrat group targets US Jews to elect far-left progressive candidates

The Jewish Vote is backing staunchly liberal candidates in New York’s primaries, before targeting Republicans in November’s elections

By Steven Davidson

In this November 6, 2008 photo, Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat, is photographed outside the Michigan Capitol in Lansing, Michigan. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

August 8, 2018, 11:58 pm

West Bank relatives cheer for first Palestinian woman headed to Congress

Family certain Democrat Rashida Tlaib, running unopposed in Michigan, will ‘serve Palestine’ in House of Representatives and oppose Trump

By Mohammed Daraghmeh

In a photo from July 26, 2018, US Senate Republican candidate Sandy Pensler makes a campaign stop in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

August 8, 2018, 10:48 pm

Jewish businessman loses Michigan primary to Trump-backed challenger

Sandy Pensler, once considered a shoo-in, defeated by John James; Lena Epstein wins Detroit-area GOP nomination

By Ron Kampeas

Senator Dianne Feinstein talks with reporters after the Senate Policy luncheons in the Capitol on June 5, 2018. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

June 7, 2018, 3:51 am

The year’s biggest day of US primaries left Jewish incumbents (mostly) safe

Ballots in 8 states showed the fretting about a far-right incursion into Republican precincts was overstated — but not entirely put to rest

By Ron Kampeas

May 23, 2018, 9:01 pm

Jewish anti-Trump activist defeated in Texas primary

Laura Moser, anti-establishment candidate and founder of resistance movement against US president, soundly beaten by Lizzie Fletcher

By JTA

Kathy Manning, second from left, attending a fund-raiser in Palm Beach, Florida, as chair of Jewish Federations of North America, March 8, 2010. (Courtesy of Hillel via JTA)

May 10, 2018, 7:52 am

Democratic primary winner is ex-chair of Jewish Federations

Kathy Manning of North Carolina is part of a surge of women running for office since Trump’s election to presidency

By JTA