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A Jewish Republican and Muslim Democrat are suddenly in a tight race for a special seat in Congress

JL;DR SUMMARY A special House election in Florida pits Republican State Senator Randy Fine, a Jewish political figure, against Josh Weil, a Muslim Democrat. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Israel Palestine ConflictDonald TrumpRon DesantisFloridaSpecial ElectionAipacJewish RepublicanRandy FineJosh WeilMuslim Democrat

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Orlando, Florida, United States
"He has represented the area east of Orlando in the state legislature first in the Florida House of Representatives and then the state Senate since 2016."
Florida, United States
"The Jewish population in the northeast Florida district is relatively small, compared to the areas larger number of conservative Christians."
Lexington, Kentucky, United States
"Fine, 50, raised in Lexington, Kentucky, is a Harvard graduate and a former gambling industry executive."
Jerusalem, Israel
"When DeSantis traveled to Israel in 2023, Fine tweeted that he had made a secret trip to Jerusalem as well despite not being invited to join the delegation to hand deliver a hate-crime bill that was waiting for the governor to sign; the bill made publicly displaying a swastika and other bigoted imagery a felony."
Israel
"Fine and DeSantis were allies from the time of Fines election to the legislature. He served as the Jewish outreach chairman for DeSantiss 2018 gubernatorial campaign and accompanied him on a trade mission to Israel in 2019."
East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories
"However, in his 2021 campaign, he condemned Israels state-sanctioned violence against Palestinians, urged then-Secretary of State Antony Blinken to immediately intervene to stop the expulsion of Palestinian residents from East Jerusalems Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, and advocated to end U.S. military aid to Israel."
Ireland
"Last year, he blasted DeSantis for an official business trip he took to Ireland, calling it an antisemitic country."

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