Current sectionU.S. NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeVoters go to the polls to cast their ballots in the Michigan Primary election on August 4, 2026 in Lansing Michigan. Credit: Getty Images via AFP/BILL PUGLIANOToday marks the end of what might be the most expensive Democratic primary in history. The battle between Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed has shaped into a referendum on U.S.-Israel relations and a test of AIPAC's influenceEtan Nechin 06:13 PM • August 04 2026 IDTAs Michiganders head to the polls today, they are deciding the outcome of what has reportedly become the most expensive Democratic primary in American history, with more than $80 million in combined spending behind a contest that has evolved into a proxy battle over Israel, Gaza and AIPAC's influence within the Democratic Party.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:AIPACPalestiniansJews in AmericaIsrael - U.S.DemocratsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesElbit-UAEGazaWest Bank IDF Chief Michigan PrimaryNetanyahuEmigrationElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastVindicated! A Plant That Darwin Thought Was Carnivorous Really IsA Concentration Camp Turned Paintball Arena Is Testing Serbia's Holocaust MemoryNew Bases, Razed Villages: IDF Entrenching Itself Deep Inside Southern LebanonThe Time Has Come to Move Beyond Zionism and Become IsraelisIsraelis Abroad Removed From Voter Rolls Ahead of Upcoming ElectionRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsNetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab EmiratesTwo Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide as IDF Mental Health Crisis DeepensDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of Commander'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-Sayed