A pro-Israel lobbying group looms over Minnesota's Senate race. Its role is less clear.

Craig has responded by emphasizing that she isn't accepting AIPAC money in the Senate race while defending her record on Israel and Gaza. While Flanagan has cast AIPAC as a defining contrast with Craig, the group's role in Minnesota's Senate race is difficult to pin down. Craig faces scrutiny over connectionsThe absence of an AIPAC endorsement hasn't quieted questions about the group's influence in Minnesota's Senate race. Craig has accepted more than $550,000 from AIPAC in her past congressional runs, and in the Senate race, the group appears to be quietly boosting her campaign. Some of the biggest donors to AIPAC and its affiliated super PAC, the United Democracy Project, have also given to Craig's Senate campaign, according to a review of campaign finance records.