Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2016 15:47:59 GMT 7
Remarkable in that you would have thought it woud have happened way before now:
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Bernie Sanders made history on Tuesday night as he became the first Jewish American to win a presidential primary. The milestone came just eight days after Ted Cruz became the first Hispanic American to win a presidential nominating contest with his win in the Iowa caucuses.
Sanders, who beat Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, is not the first Jewish American to run for president. Both former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman mounted unsuccessful campaigns for the White House in 1996 and 2004 respectively. The Republican nominee for president in 1964, Barry Goldwater, was of Jewish descent but was a practicing Episcopalian.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/09/bernie-sanders-jewish-new-hampshire-primary-us-election-2016
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Bernie Sanders made history on Tuesday night as he became the first Jewish American to win a presidential primary. The milestone came just eight days after Ted Cruz became the first Hispanic American to win a presidential nominating contest with his win in the Iowa caucuses.
Sanders, who beat Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire, is not the first Jewish American to run for president. Both former Pennsylvania senator Arlen Specter and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman mounted unsuccessful campaigns for the White House in 1996 and 2004 respectively. The Republican nominee for president in 1964, Barry Goldwater, was of Jewish descent but was a practicing Episcopalian.
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/09/bernie-sanders-jewish-new-hampshire-primary-us-election-2016
