Current sectionU.S. NewsThe lobby has rarely involved itself in general election spending, instead deploying millions in intraparty primary battlesShare 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 08:17 PM • August 05 2026 IDTThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee called to oppose Abdul El-Sayed on Wednesday, after the progressive candidate defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, widely seen as a test of the pro-Israel lobby's influence on voters.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:AIPACADLDemocratic PartyIsrael - U.S.DemocratsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesMichigan PrimaryCori BushGazaHezbollahNetanyahuDavid BarneaElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastUN Says Iran Executed at Least 56 People on Security Charges Since MarchAIPAC Indicates It Will Continue Spending Against El-Sayed Through NovemberOne Killed in Israeli Strikes, Lebanon Says; IDF Says Hezbollah Broke Cease-fireIsraeli Top Court Freezes Government Funds for Haredim, West Bank SettlementsWas Grandpa a Nazi? New Databases Are Helping Germans Find OutRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsHow 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 JoyEisenkot Keeps Running Away From What Everyone Knows He Believes