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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Mitt Romney

Its Romney v. Santorum on Super Tuesday

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished March 7, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Super Tuesday Republican primaries were a race between Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, Republicans selected a Jewish veteran for Ohio's senate run, and Dennis Kucinich lost his bid for reelection. Ten states went to the polls Tuesday in...

Romney wins in Michigan, Arizona

JTAPublished February 29, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney won Republican primary contests in Arizona and Michigan, maintaining his frontrunner status for now. In Michigan, the state his father governed and where he was raised, Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, beat back a challenge...

Jewish backers of Rick Santorum, shown speaking at an Arizona
Republican Party fundraiser in Phoenix on Feb. 21, 2012, say Jewish
voters should look past his hard-line social conservatism and
consider his message on the economy and on Israel.

Surging Santorum has Jewish GOPers shrugging, shvitzing and kvelling

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished February 21, 2012

WASHINGTON -- If Rick Santorum secures the Republican nomination, expect to hear this mantra from his Jewish supporters: In times of crisis, social issues don’t matter. The former Pennsylvania senator, who is leading in national polls in the race for...

Birth control, illustrated by the Zovia brand pills shown here,
has become a hot topic in the presidential election campaign.

Birth control fights return to campaigns, with Jews in key posts

Published February 8, 2012

WASHINGTON—Birth control is rapidly gaining steam as an election-year wedge issue, with Jewish advocates lobbying out front and behind the scenes in what is shaping up as a clash between calls for individual freedom and religious liberty. Several Jewish...

Mitt Romney speaking at the Conservative Political Action
Conference in Orlando, Fla., Sept. 23, 2011. Romney has fallen
behind Newt Gingrich in the polls for the states key Republican
primary.

Romney takes Florida in a romp

JTAPublished February 1, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney won the Florida primary by a wide margin. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, finished with 47 percent of the vote on Tuesday to easily outdistance former U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich, who had 32...

Mitt Romney speaking at the Conservative Political Action
Conference in Orlando, Fla., Sept. 23, 2011. Romney has fallen
behind Newt Gingrich in the polls for the states key Republican
primary.

Romney wins Florida by a wide margin

JTAPublished January 31, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney was projected to win the Florida primary by a wide margin. Major media outlets handed the state GOP primary race to the former Massachusetts governor as soon as polls closed at 8 p.m. eastern time Tuesday. With 74 percent of...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks of President
Barack Obamas commitment with Israel in a seven-minute internet
video released by the Obama campaign. The video is part of an
effort to respond to attacks on Obamas record on Israel.

Republicans—and Democrats—pitch to Florida Jews

By Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished January 25, 2012

WASHINGTON-Barack Obama won't show up on the vote tallies after polls close in Florida's Republican primary on Jan. 31, but the president's supporters already are waging a fight for the Sunshine State. Democrats are rolling out a campaign to rival any...

Jon Huntsman

Huntsman to end campaign, endorse Romney

JTAPublished January 16, 2012

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman will endorse Mitt Romney for president. The former Utah governor will make the announcement that he is ending his campaign Monday in South Carolina, the Washington Post reported, five days ahead...

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