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The Guardian - US
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Alice Herman, Joan E Greve and Will Craft

Pro-Israel money pours in to unseat progressives in congressional races

Rashida Tlaib, left, has formed a joint fundraising committee to help Jamaal Bowman, right, see off challengers boosted by pro-Israel funding.
Rashida Tlaib, left, has formed a joint fundraising committee to help Jamaal Bowman, right, see off challengers boosted by pro-Israel funding. Photograph: Sipa US/Alamy

Quarterly campaign finance reports reveal the Democratic representatives Jamaal Bowman of New York and Cori Bush of Missouri – progressive “Squad” members – will face formidable challenges in their 2024 congressional primaries, partly due to the influence of pro-Israel lobbying groups.

Ilhan Omar, of Minnesota, and Summer Lee, of Pennsylvania, meanwhile, have far outspent their primary challengers, and the Michigan Democrat Rashida Tlaib, a Palestinian-American member whose outspoken criticism of Israel has brought the ire of her political opponents, does not yet face a challenger.

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