AIPAC takes another shot at el Sayed and hands Rogers a political gamble in Michigan Senate race

Published October 12, 2026 1:54pm ET



The American Israel Public Affairs Committee spent more than $30 million trying to keep Michigan’s Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed off the November ballot. It failed.

Now the pro-Israel group is back and spending nearly $95,000 to attack him in the general election, giving el Sayed a new opportunity to make his Republican opponent’s association a campaign issue.

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