J Street dealt setbacks in competitive midterm races



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(November 7, 2018 / JNS) The political action committee of the left-wing Israel group J Street batted just under 43 percent on Tuesday night.

According to an badysis by the political consulting group Rational 360, J Street PAC, while winning the vast majority of uncompetitive races in both the House and Senate, lost 32 out of 56 (nearly 60 percent).

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With the House, J Street PAC lost 29 of the 51 competitive House races (nearly 57 percent).

On the Senate side, it won not only Nevada 's Jacky Rosen, who' s undecided Dean Heller, and Montana 's Jon Tester, who defeated an incumbent challenge from Republican Matt Rosendale. Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, Missouri's Claire McCaskill and North Dakota's Heidi Heitkamp each lost their respective race.

J Street PAC raised $ 5 million for 163 congressional candidates, according to the group.

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