JTA — The Reverand Frederick Haynes III, pastor to US Representative Jasmine Crockett who has praised Louis Farrakhan and whose progressive sermons have included denunciations of Israel, easily won the Democratic primary to replace his congregant in Texas’s 30th district on Tuesday.

Haynes now becomes the likely next congressman for the Dallas-area Democratic stronghold, while Crockett lost her high-profile Senate bid to state Senator James Talarico, who is also a pastor. His was one of a handful of primary results Tuesday that were closely watched by Jews and pro-Israel groups.

Haynes, a Baptist minister, had criticized Israel in a sermon the day after the October 7, 2023, attacks, and has called Farrakhan, the Nation of Islam leader who has a history of antisemitism, “a wonderful and great man.”

Shortly before the primary, he appeared on the YouTube channel The Young Turks for a friendly interview with Cenk Uygur, who, together with Tucker Carlson, has promoted conspiracy theories about Israel.

Haynes took an overwhelming 72% of the primary vote, according to the Associated Press.

Meanwhile, across the state, Brandon Herrera, a gun-rights YouTuber and firearms manufacturer whose videos have included reviews of Nazi weapons and recreations of Hitler’s suicide, will advance to a runoff in his own GOP congressional primary against the 23rd district’s scandal-plagued incumbent, US Representative Tony........

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