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Abdul El-Sayed Triumphs Over Haley Stevens in $60M Loss for AIPAC, Corporations
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El-Sayed delivered a late night speech when he was leading Stevens by several points but the race had not yet been called.
Stevens conceded on Wednesday, issuing a statement congratulating El-Sayed and saying that she would back him in the race.
AIPAC, through an affiliated super PAC, poured over $30 million into backing Stevens and opposing El-Sayed — a record amount of spending for the pro-Israel group in a single race.
Support for Israel has become a central issue in many primaries, and Stevens is one of Congress’s loudest backers of Israel.
Some Democratic Stevens backers, like Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Michigan), have even suggested that they won’t back El-Sayed in the general election.