21 — number of Jewish Democrats in the House
1 — number of Jewish Republicans in the House (Benjamin Gilman of New York)
1 — number of Jewish Independents in the House (Bernard Sanders of Vermont)
11 — number of Jews in 106th U.S. Senate
10 — number of Jewish Democrats in the Senate
1 — number of Jewish Republicans in the Senate (Arlen Specter, R-Pa.)
44 — number of Jews seeking seats in the next U.S. House of Representatives
23 — number of Jewish incumbents seeking re-election to the House
17– number of Jewish Democratic non-incumbents seeking House seats
4 — number of Jewish Republican non-incumbents seeking House seats
2 — number of congressional races where a Jewish Democrat faces a Jewish Republican (Paul Feiner vs. Benjamin Gilman in New York and Sander Levin vs. Bart Baron in Michigan)
5 — number of Jews seeking seats in the next U.S. Senate
3 — number of Jewish incumbents seeking re-election to the Senate
1 — number of Jewish Democrats running for open Senate seats (Ed Bernstein of Nevada)
1 — number of Jewish Republicans challenging Senate incumbents (Paul Rappaport challenging Paul Sarbanes in Maryland)
1 — number of Jewish senators retiring in 2000 (Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey)
78 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Bill Clinton in 1996
16 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Bob Dole in 1996
3 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Ross Perot in 1996
80 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Bill Clinton in 1992
11 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for George Bush in 1992
9 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted for Ross Perot in 1992
79 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted Democratic in 1998 congressional races
21 — percentage of Jewish voters who voted Republican in 1998
59 — percentage of Jews who identify themselves as Democrats, according to the American Jewish Committee
9 — percentage of Jews who identify themselves as a Republicans
30 — percentage of Jews who identify themselves as independents