Florida primaries test appetite for antisemitism and anti-Israel politics on Left and Right

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Florida voters will decide on a series of primaries Tuesday that pit some of the state’s most prominent Jewish political figures against challengers from the ideological fringes, offering a fresh test of how antisemitic rhetoric and hard-line opposition to Israel are resonating on both the Left and the Right.

On the Democratic side, pro-Israel Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) faces DSA-backed democratic socialist Oliver Larkin, while longtime Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) is navigating a crowded primary that includes progressive activist Elijah Manley. In the Democratic Senate primary, former National Security Council official Alex Vindman is running against state Rep. Angie Nixon, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

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