{"id":93462,"date":"2026-08-05T04:57:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/?p=93462"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:39:27","slug":"jewish-democrat-jeremy-moss-wins-primary-for-haley-stevens-old-michigan-house-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/jewish-democrat-jeremy-moss-wins-primary-for-haley-stevens-old-michigan-house-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Democrat Jeremy Moss wins primary for Haley Stevens\u2019 old Michigan House seat"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ANDREW LAPIN<\/p>\n

(JTA) \u2014 On the same night a pro-Israel favorite of Michigan\u2019s Jewish community was struggling in her high-profile U.S. Senate Democratic primary to pro-Palestinian progressive Abdul El-Sayed, a Jewish LGBTQ Democrat easily picked up the party\u2019s nomination for her House seat.<\/p>\n

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A campaign ad for Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss on June 24, 2026. (Screenshot via X)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Michigan state Sen. Jeremy Moss, who has spoken out against antisemitism from the state house floor, netted the Democratic nomination for the state\u2019s 11th District. The seat, which has a history of GOP representation but has been held by Democrats for the last several cycles, is currently held by centrist Rep. Haley Stevens, who was facing off against El-Sayed Tuesday night. <\/p>\n

The Associated Press called the race for Moss after 70% of the vote had been counted, with him taking 49% of the vote, far outpacing his next-closest rival, pro-Palestinian attorney Aisha Farooqi, at 33%. The district is located in Oakland County, a suburban Detroit region with a high concentration of Jews, and includes Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, which was heavily damaged in an attack earlier this year. <\/p>\n

Many of Stevens\u2019 most prominent Jewish supporters \u2014 some of whom have vowed to fundraise for Republican candidate Mike Rogers if she loses her primary race \u2014 also expressed their support of Moss.<\/p>\n

While Moss has not made Israel a central issue of his candidacy, he has in the past supported liberal pro-Israel positions, including a two-state solution. \u201cThe overwhelming majority of American Jewish voters believe that both Israel has a right to defend itself from terrorism & Palestinians have a right to self determination in a peace-seeking state,\u201d he wrote on X in 2024. <\/p>\n

Moss highlighted a range of other liberal issues throughout his campaign, and received comparatively little campaign funding from pro-Israel groups. Yet his opponents tried to link him to the lobbying powerhouse AIPAC, whose outsized spending in the Senate race became a central issue there. Moss told Jewish Insider he believed some of those attacks \u201ctouch many people\u2019s ears as if it\u2019s trafficking [in] antisemitism.\u201d <\/p>\n

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