All eyes have been focused on this race:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, and its affiliated groups have spent close to $30 million backing Stevens — their largest investment ever in a single race — as they seek to defeat progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed in the Aug. 4 primary.
Stevens has largely avoided discussing the organization directly, even as its spending has reshaped the race. Asked twice about AIPAC during a July campaign stop in West Michigan, she responded for more than 800 words without mentioning the group a single time. Israel came up only once, when she said she “wanted to see the U.S. and Israel working together to rebuild Gaza.”
El-Sayed has embraced the contrast. The son of Egyptian immigrants, he has called Israel’s military campaign in Gaza a “genocide,” described the Israeli government as “evil,” and repeatedly argued that AIPAC’s influence distorts Democratic politics.
“The reason that we’ve seen this war fought is because of the impact of AIPAC in our politics,” El-Sayed said during a recent debate.
El-Sayed has spent about $3.2 million from his own campaign account on advertising, with around $1 million in outside spending. His campaign has instead emphasized grassroots organizing, saying it has recruited more than 10,000 volunteers statewide.
Asked how many volunteers Stevens has, her campaign said it has “hundreds across Michigan.”
“This election will come down to the many versus the money,” El-Sayed wrote.
Once-firm support for Israel has eroded within parts of the Democratic Party in the fallout from the war in Gaza. As divisions over Israel have deepened, criticism of AIPAC has intensified.
Earlier this week, 103 House Democrats voted unsuccessfully to block $3.3 billion in U.S. aid to Israel, the clearest sign yet of the party’s divide. Among them was New York Rep. Pat Ryan, who had previously voted to send aid to Israel and accepted support from AIPAC.
“I expect groups like AIPAC will not support me in my future elections and frankly, I don’t want their support,” Ryan said on social media, later adding that he was returning the money.
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Americans are getting sick and tired of Jewish Lobby groups spending many 10s of millions of dollars to get pro Israel candidates elected that continue to support a genocide by a rogue country and global pariah. Our morally bankrupt politicians are bought and paid for by lobby money, that especially features the Military-Industrial Complex.
They are voting to do things that the VAST majority of Americans strongly oppose.
El-Sayed was outspend by a 10 to 1 factor with support of special interest groups.
These SUPER Pacts our undermining our democracy!!!!
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6am: Personally, I would have preferred the candidate that stands the best chance to win in the open election in November in order to give the party that cares about Americans the most and isn't controlled by a pathologically thinking lunatic a chance to take over the Senate but it looks like the other one will win. However, the ANTI Donald Trump sentiment is probably strong enough for either to win.
The former public health official has defeated Rep. Haley Stevens, NBC News projects, despite facing a huge advertising disadvantage.
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Voters in Michigan just flipped the bird to AIPAC and their record, $30+ million spent to defeat this candidate.
It ended up being a razor sharp close win but winning after being outspent by the opposition by a factor of 10 to 1 is one heck of a win.
And the opposition has 30+ million in their coffers that in this case is not just gone but may actually serve as a battle cry to elect this guy in November........this is the anti establishment guy that represents the people and is fighting against the establishment, Trump, Rs and massive lobby and special interests money.
It won against a fellow D yesterday. Will the losers yesterday unite with him in November to defeat the R??? That's what matters.