Current sectionU.S. NewsIsrael critic Abdul El-Sayed is narrowly leading AIPAC-backed moderate Haley Stevens in the most expensive Democratic primary in history – a race that has become a referendum on U.S.-Israel relations and a test of the lobby's influenceShare 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 formatSubscribeEtan Nechin Michigan 09:46 AM • August 05 2026 IDTThe Democratic Senate primary between establishment candidate Haley Stevens and Israel critic Abdul El-Sayed remained too close to call Tuesday night, with El-Sayed holding a narrow 1.8-point lead as polls closed in one of the most contentious – and expensive – primaries in American history.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:AIPACDemocratic PartyU.S. electionsAntisemitismIsrael - U.S.CommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesGaza Board of PeaceElbit-UAEIsrael KatzCeuta Michigan PrimaryElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastMichigan Senate Race Too Close to Call as El-Sayed Holds Lead Over StevensTrump: Hormuz Strait 'Gonna Be Open Very Soon, or Iran Is Gonna Get Hit'Netanyahu Struggles to Balance Likud's Extremist Base With the Moderate RightIDF Launches 'Large-scale Operation' in West Bank's Qalandiya Refugee CampNearly 2,000 Antisemitism Incidents Recorded Across U.K. in First Half of YearRemembering 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 Emirates'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of CommanderIt's No Wonder Israelis Want War. Violence Has Become a Source of Joy