AIPAC's $5M Gamble in California's East Bay Special Election

AIPAC-aligned super PACs — independent groups that raise and spend unlimited sums to support candidates — have poured over $5 million into California's East Bay special election, backing moderate Melissa Hernandez against progressive Aisha Wahab, who led by 20-plus points earlier. The August runoff tests whether money at this scale can erase a large deficit, after AIPAC's millions failed to win Michigan's Senate primary for Haley Stevens.