The mail piece from United Democracy Mission echoes Weiss’ marketing campaign in slamming Min for his drunk driving arrest final spring. The group’s tv advert has not been launched.
That is the group’s first spending foray right into a 2024 race. It began the 12 months with greater than $40 million money readily available.
Weiss has benefited from exterior assist, together with a
$1 million promoting marketing campaign by EMILYs Listing, a stalwart Democratic group that enhances girls candidates who help abortion rights.
Whereas EMILYs Listing’s help for Weiss had been telegraphed for months, the intervention by the pro-Israel group was extra sudden.
The Israel-Hamas warfare, which has turn out to be a flashpoint dividing some Democrats, has not been a significant level of rivalry within the contest between Min and Weiss. Neither has known as for a cease-fire, which pro-Israel teams strongly oppose. Min and Weiss have made little point out of the problem on social media, save for condemning Hamas within the instant aftermath of its Oct.7 assault in Israel.
Min’s marketing campaign attributed AIPAC’s opposition to personal conversations he had with the group’s members and management.
“Regardless of State Senator Min’s help of Israel, and a broad coalition of endorsements from the Jewish group, plenty of Republican donors at AIPAC are upset that he has known as for Bibi Netanyahu to be held accountable for the safety failures on October seventh and Netanyahu’s failure of management throughout this disaster. Senator Min doesn’t imagine within the annexation of West Financial institution settlements, he had hoped {that a} constructive dialogue might be had. It seems they disagreed,” mentioned Dan Driscoll, Min’s marketing campaign supervisor, in a press release.
United Democracy Mission didn’t reply to an e-mail in search of remark about its involvement within the race.
Final week, Weiss scored the backing of Professional-Israel America PAC. The group’s government director Samantha Garelick mentioned in a press release that Weiss “is dedicated to defending America’s strategic alliance with Israel and has confirmed her resolve to combat and tackle antisemitism in all its types.”
Min has endorsements from a lot of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, together with its co-chairs: state Sen. Scott Wiener and Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel.
