Eleventh district congressional candidate Debbie Halvorson garnered an exciting endorsement today from J Street -- the first-ever political action committee dedicated to promoting federal candidates who support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The Illinois House majority leader was one of seven candidates selected:

Halvorson believes that strong U.S. leadership is necessary to bring about an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “so that other nations see us both as a leader and a partner,” and has been dismayed by current US saber rattling on Iran, favoring a renewed attempt at tough diplomatic engagement with Iran.

To learn more about J Street, check out profiles here, here and here.