Current sectionU.S. NewsProgressives rallied around Aisha Wahab in California's 14th district after she became a prime target for AIPAC in the final days of the campaignShare 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 formatSubscribeArno RosenfeldHaaretz Washington Correspondent02:20 AM • August 21 2026 IDTState Sen. Aisha Wahab, a progressive, won a special election for a U.S. House seat in the Bay Area suburbs after fending off a late spending blitz by AIPAC intended to sink her.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:AIPACU.S. electionsJ StreetDemocratsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesFlorida DemocratsIranLikudNetanyahuJared KushnerWest BankYehuda KatzPollHaaretz PodcastAIPAC's Last-minute Spending Spree Fails to Block California ProgressiveHaaretz CartoonThe Great Replacement Theory Comes to Israel: Eisenkot and the 'Mizrahi Tragedy'Syrian and Turkish Sources: Netanyahu Seeking Escalation, We're Not InterestedThe IDF's Gaza Investigations Aren't Professionalism – They're Political TheaterRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIShe's the Superstar of the Israeli Left, and She Wants PowerIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids ExpandThe American Jewish Establishment Is Defending an Israel That No Longer ExistsIsrael Police Say Missing Israeli Mother and Daughter Found in ArgentinaReality Check: As the Election Nears, Haaretz Debunks Israeli Politicians' Biggest LiesSo Will It Be a Problem if Miriam Adelson Flies to Israel to Vote?