Mallory McMorrow, a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, recently met with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. McMorrow, a state senator representing parts of Wayne County and neighboring Oakland County near Detroit, told the powerhouse pro-Israel lobby at the August meeting to stay out of the primary.

In September, one of her rivals, Abdul El Sayed, went one better: The former health director for Wayne County, encompassing Detroit and inner-ring suburbs, wouldn’t even meet with AIPAC, he said in an ad.