Pro-Israel Groups Pour Record $50 Million Into Michigan Senate Primary

Pro-Israel groups including AIPAC backed Congresswoman Haley Stevens with over $50 million in Michigan's August 2026 Democratic Senate primary against Abdul El-Sayed, a doctor of Egyptian descent who calls Israel's Gaza war a genocide. El-Sayed's ad spending reached about $3.2 million. The race tests whether heavy outside spending can overwhelm a grassroots coalition of Arab American voters in Dearborn.