Midterm elections

79% of Jewish voters chose Democrats, only 17% supported Republicans. Down nearly 10% in two short, if eventful years.

Former ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren said the midterm results will strengthen President Trump's resolve to end the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

In taking back the House, Democrats will now be able to block party-line legislation and chair several critical committees with appropriations and subpoena power.

In Florida, where a large percentage of American Jewish voters reside, Republicans secured two valued prizes: a Senate seat and a governor's mansion.

Dennis Hof, who died last month, was a strip-club owner who ran multiple brothels.

Iowa Representative Steve King said that Germany should stop apologizing for the Holocaust, after a visit to Auschwitz this summer.

Rashida Tlaib joined Ilhan Omar on election night to become one of the first Muslim women elected to Congress.

Many races were marked by a virulent strain of antisemitism – a scourge that transformed the final days of the 2016 race after a mass shooting at a synagogue in Pittsburgh last week shook the nation.

"I have worked at this poll the last three elections and this is the biggest turnout ever," said Bev Heidgerken, 67, a volunteer at a polling place in Davenport, Iowa.

Heavily Jewish neighborhoods in NY area continue to find themselves decisively and often painfully split over national politics.