Progressive Abdul El-Sayed has upset the Democratic establishment in Michigan's Senate primary, defeating AIPAC-backed Rep. Haley Stevens in a race that AIPAC reportedly spent heavily to win. If he wins in November, he'd become the first Muslim senator in U.S. history — and could hand Democrats control of the chamber, depending on how the rest of the map falls. Does this signal a real shift in how much influence AIPAC-aligned spending actually buys in primaries, or was Michigan just an unusually bad matchup for them?
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This race is going to be closely watched nationally I think
Big shift if it holds through November