Haley Stevens says $46M in AIPAC funding should not concern voters
Stevens said campaign finance is a niche issue as outside groups have spent about $60 million in the Michigan Senate race.
- With Michigan's U.S. Senate primary days away, Rep. Haley Stevens dismissed campaign finance scrutiny as an "educated" issue on Wednesday, appearing eager to stop questions about roughly $60 million in outside spending supporting her race against Abdul El-Sayed.
- The American Israel Public Affairs Committee and its United Democracy Project super PAC poured more than $30 million into the race for Stevens, marking the organization's largest electoral investment since launching the super PAC in 2021.
- El-Sayed challenged the massive spending, stating, "When a $30 million super PAC spend is being dropped on your face by an organization whose key interest is something happening over there, then it would be ridiculous not to name it."
- On Thursday, Stevens took direct aim at El-Sayed in a social media post, claiming, "Everyone in America understands you want to blame all of your problems on Jewish Americans."
- The campaign unfolds in the shadow of Michigan's 2024 Uncommitted movement, which exposed Democratic fractures over the war in Gaza that continue to divide the party's coalition ahead of the primary.
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“If I prove that you can win statewide, taking on AIPAC, that is catastrophic”
On July 8, Abdul El-Sayed had just wrapped up a campaign stop inside a sweltering church auditorium in Ferndale, Michigan. The room was packed with supporters fanning themselves with campaign signs, many braving the summer heat to hear the progressive Senate candidate make his case against his opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens. Then came the applause. […]
Who is electable? Michigan’s Senate primary asks a familiar question.
Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed have turned Tuesday’s primary into a test of what Democrats actually mean by electability, with more than $30 million in outside spending behind the moderate.
'I tried, I got crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin is all-in for El-Sayed
AIPAC spent millions on Haley Stevens to unseat former Rep. Andy Levin in 2022. Campaigning for El-Sayed, he says he doesn't bear a grudge. 'I just think that Abdul winning would be the healthiest meal for American policy that it could possibly have'
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