Record Spending in Michigan Senate Race Targets Gaza War Critic

Pro-Israel groups including AIPAC, a major lobbying organization, spent over $50 million backing Congresswoman Haley Stevens in Michigan's August 2026 Democratic Senate primary. Her opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, a doctor of Egyptian descent who calls Israel's Gaza war a genocide, spent about $3.2 million on ads. The race tests whether massive spending can overpower grassroots support from Arab American voters in Dearborn.