Jeremy Moss is a Jewish American Democratic politician elected on November 3, 2026, to represent Michigan’s 11th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. He defeated Republican Troy Mayor Ethan Baker to succeed Representative Haley Stevens, who sought a U.S. Senate seat. Moss became Michigan’s first openly gay member of Congress.
Moss was born on June 23, 1986, in Detroit and grew up in Southfield, in Oakland County. A graduate of Wylie E. Groves High School, he attended Michigan State University and graduated in 2008 after studying journalism and political science. His early public service included working for Southfield Mayor Brenda Lawrence and members of the Michigan legislature.
In 2011, Moss became the youngest person elected to the Southfield City Council. He won election to the Michigan House of Representatives in 2014, serving from 2015 to 2019, before entering the state Senate in 2019 as its first openly gay member. Reelected in 2022, he became Senate president pro tempore in 2023. His legislative work emphasized civil rights, government transparency, and support for local communities.
Moss sponsored legislation expanding Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to explicitly protect against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed the measure in March 2023. He also advocated extending public-records requirements to the governor’s office and state legislature. His congressional agenda included protecting abortion access, strengthening gun safety, lowering living costs, and expanding health care.
Moss’s Jewish communal involvement has included membership and service as a trustee at Congregation Beth Ahm. He has linked his concern about anti-Semitism to his family’s history. In a 2023 Senate speech, he recalled that his great-grandfather fled anti-Semitism in Eastern Europe, while the Nazis murdered relatives who remained. He warned that threats against Jewish Americans demonstrated the continuing urgency of Holocaust remembrance.
Moss has repeatedly challenged anti-Semitism on both the political right and left. In an April 2024 Senate speech, he condemned harassment of Jewish students and the use of Zionism as a term of abuse, emphasizing the connection between Jewish religious identity and Jewish self-determination in Israel. Following vandalism at a Jewish attorney’s law office that year, he argued that criticism of Israel was not inherently anti-Semitic, but that anti-Israel protests were not exempt from scrutiny when they targeted Jews or expressed anti-Jewish hostility.
Moss supports Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorism and Palestinian self-determination through a two-state solution. He has also criticized Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. In an October 2026 interview, he said he had joined demonstrations in Israel against Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul before the October 7, 2023, attacks. He called for humanitarian assistance to Palestinians, a durable ceasefire, and Israeli and Palestinian governments capable of negotiating peaceful coexistence.
Moss won the August 4, 2026, Democratic congressional primary, defeating a field that included attorney Aisha Farooqi. His candidacy attracted support from Jewish Democrats concerned about growing hostility toward Israel within the party, although his campaign emphasized domestic issues. He argued that supporting Israel’s security and Palestinian statehood were compatible positions.
During the campaign, Moss denounced an unverified audio recording purporting to portray him as more loyal to Israel than to the United States. He said the recording had been manipulated and invoked anti-Semitic accusations of dual loyalty. The controversy widened after streamer Hasan Piker displayed Moss’s photograph while discussing American Jews’ support for Israel and the possibility of violence against them.
Moss lives in Bloomfield Township. His civic involvement has also included the Greater Southfield/Farmington NAACP and the Martin Luther King Task Force.
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Russ McNamara, “State Sen. Jeremy Moss: Some anti-Israel protests are antisemitic,” WDET, (June 14, 2024).
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Marc Rod, “Michigan Dem nominee Jeremy Moss denounces ‘disinformation’ peddling dual loyalty tropes,” Jewish Insider, (August 18, 2026).
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Kyle Davidson, “Moss wins election to Congress, takes seat currently held by Haley Stevens,” Michigan Advance, (November 3, 2026).
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