Only two of four AIPAC-backed Democratic House candidates won, despite tens of millions in spending.
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Illinois Senate Primary Features Millions in Outside Spending, Too
While the Democratic House primaries have gotten more attention, overlapping situational expenditures have boosted all three main contenders.
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Two Progressives Fight AIPAC (and Each Other) in IL-09
It’s a two-way race between Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh, but neither is counting out AIPAC-backed Laura Fine.
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In Illinois’s Eighth District, AIPAC and AI Try to Buy a Seat
Pro-corporate Melissa Bean is massively outraising Junaid Ahmed, her main progressive challenger.
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Democrats Already Jostling to Oppose Trump’s War on Iran
In North Carolina, primary challenger Nida Allam is betting that the most credible critic of the latest joint Trump-Israel war will win.
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AI Goes to Bat for Valerie Foushee
A super PAC funded by Anthropic, makers of Claude, is spending nearly $1 million to get the North Carolina congresswoman, who sits on a key AI commission, re-elected.
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North Carolina Congressional Race Shows Perils of Big-Money Support
Rep. Valerie Foushee benefited from millions in super PAC dollars in 2022. Now she’s being massively outspent by a progressive primary challenger.
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Pro-Palestine Super PAC Brings Multimillion-Dollar War Chest to Midterms
American Priorities is targeting multiple races across the country and spending significantly on congressional primaries in North Carolina and Texas.
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First AIPAC, Now AI PACs
AI and crypto PACs are spending millions in Chicago-area midterm races.
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A Fourth Candidate in Illinois Gets the AIPAC Boost
Melissa Conyears-Ervin is benefiting from a reported $2.8 million in super PAC ads.