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Last remaining U.S. Jewish Republican Senator loses seat
By The Associated Press
Tags: Jewish World, Israel News 

The defeat of incumbent Norm Coleman in the drawn-out Minnesota Senate race leaves U.S. Republicans without a Jewish senator for the first time in half a century.

Coleman's departure comes two months after the Republicans' other Jewish member, Arlen Specter, switched parties to become a Democrat. Coleman conceded his long-contested race with Democratic challenger Al Franken on Tuesday after the Minnesota Supreme Court rejected Coleman's legal challenge.

Republicans have had at least one Jewish senator since New York's Jacob Javits took office in 1957, reaching a peak of three during the mid-1980s.
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In the House, Eric Cantor has risen quickly since he took office in 2001 to become the minority whip, the second-ranked House Republican. His other distinction is that, since 2003, he is the only Jewish Republican in the 435-member body. That is down from eight Jewish Republican members who served in the House during the 1990s.

There are currently 30 Democrats in the House who list their religion as
Jewish. The Senate will have 13 Jewish members as of next week when Franken, Coleman's rival in Minnesota, is sworn in. That's 11 Democrats and two independents who normally vote with the Democrats.

Ira Forman, CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council, said the sharp drop in the number of Jewish Republicans in Congress paralleled the party's shift to the right. "It's a reflection of where the Republican Party has gone," he said. "It's left the Jewish community pretty cold."

Matt Broks, executive director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, said his group was not happy with the defeat of Coleman, who has worked with them as a consultant. But he disagreed with those who say the Republican Jewish movement is declining, saying you will see and are seeing Jewish Republicans winning elections all across the country at the state and local level
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  1.   JEWISH REPUBLICAN 06:56  |  Ed 02/07/09
  2.   Separation of State & Church? 08:45  |  Neutral 02/07/09
  3.   And the Last in the House 10:42  |  Mark of Lewiston 02/07/09
  4.   Whining is not pretty 22:04  |  robin 02/07/09
  5.   Fo what it`s worth 22:55  |  MIKE 02/07/09
  6.   Ed, The "right" kind 23:02  |  DS 02/07/09
  7.   Not 3, but 4 01:00  |  Dave 03/07/09
  8.   BTW 01:01  |  Dave 03/07/09
  9.   The Country Is Shifting 02:28  |  John 03/07/09
  10.   # 4 Robin, Bighampton, NY; So who exactly you mean by "YOU" 06:08  |  Canadian Observer 03/07/09
  11.   Republican Route 06:27  |  Mark Lincoln 03/07/09
  12.   Mark of Lewiston 06:28  |  Mark Lincoln 03/07/09
  13.   #7 Mark of Lweiston 11:16  |  David Dwyer 03/07/09
  14.   End of an oxmymoron is more like it 17:25  |  Isadora 03/07/09
  15.   you draw your conclusions 23:25  |  robin 03/07/09
  16.   Jewish Republicans 01:00  |  Jeff 04/07/09
  17.   Political labels 02:04  |  Roci Stone 08/07/09
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