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:
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 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.