Democratic heiress Sara Jacobs and her billionaire family have blown more than $200,000 on her boyfriend’s doomed political career, which includes three failed campaigns and a history of confusing flip-flops that now has fellow Dems praying for him to drop out of a key midterm race. Ammar Campa-Najjar – the grandson of a Palestinian militant assassinated by Israel – first ran for Congress in the eastern San Diego area in 2018 as a Bernie Sanders-style progressive.
He lost to former Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter, who was then under federal indictment during a historic “blue wave” during President Trump’s first term.
The 37-year-old, a public affairs consultant and Naval Reserve Officer since 2023, then made a complete U-turn in his next failed campaign in 2020 — holding a campaign event with a far-right Jan. 6 rioter, saying he opposed abortion and assault weapons bans, and vowing to investigate Barack Obama and Joe Biden.
“I’m going to investigate Trump, Biden, Hillary — all of them,” he insisted in a lengthy interview with Justin Haskins of controversial conservative group Defend East County.
The head-scratching one-eighty has Dems rolling their eyes.
“The only cool thing about being a flip-flopper is wearing the shoes,” said Mike Trujillo, a Democratic consultant. “That’s the only thing he has going for him.”
But Campa-Najjar’s biggest asset is his heiress girlfriend — whose tech tycoon grandfather has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion.
Jacobs, granddaughter of Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs and a congresswoman since 2021, has thrown her vast family fortune behind her fickle partner — even co-hosting a pricey campaign lunch with her grandfather, with tickets up to $7,000.
Campaign records show the loaded Jacobs clan — including the congresswoman’s grandfather, parents, uncles and siblings — showering Campa-Najjar’s current campaign for California’s 48th district, representing eastern San Diego.
The patient family has donated at least $73,000 since August.
At a September campaign event, he name-dropped his powerful girlfriend and decried “misinformation” about his positions.
“I believe every woman has a right to choose what to do with her own body. Sara would not be with me if that were not true,” he insisted.
“You guys know that. Okay?”
“I believe every woman has a right to choose what to do with her own body. Sara would not be with me if that were not true,” he insisted.
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Jacobs and Campa-Najjar have been dating since around 2019, according to media reports.
The pair have reportedly shacked up at Jacob’s San Diego home and have been spotted at exclusive events like an annual Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee retreat in posh Torrey Pines.
The relationship has ruffled feathers among some in the San Diego Jewish community because Campa-Najjar, a Southern California native of mixed Mexican and Palestinian heritage, is the paternal grandson of Muhammad Youssef Al-Najjar — who co-founded Fatah, the Palestinian nationalist group, alongside Yasser Arafat.