Two Jewish incumbents were reelected to the U.S. Senate, Arlen Specter (R. Pa.) and Warren Rudman (R. Vt.), meaning eight Jews continued to serve in that body. A number of Israel’s best Senate friends also were re-elected. Twenty-nine Jews were elected to the House, one less than in the previous Congress. No candidate affiliated with extremist Lyndon La-Rouche won.
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