WashingtonThe pro-Israel lobby spent $55.3 million on losing races, Responsible Statecraft reports.
Only about a third of its $84.1 million went to winners, against 87% in 2024.
The Quincy Institute’s magazine counts $31.47 million spent failing to stop Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate win.
“The reason we lost is the war,” Vice President JD Vance wrote on X.
President Donald Trump announced the US will stop military aid to Israel at the end of 2026.
How each outlet framed it
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- Responsible Statecraft leans critical
- shows about two-thirds of AIPAC's $84.1M went to losing races ($55.3M), comparing 2022 and 2024 win rates
- Responsible Statecraft
- reads Vance's 'the reason we lost is the war' post as 2028 distancing, citing 74% of exit-poll voters calling the war a major factor
- Drop Site News
- frames El-Sayed's win as beating back Islamophobic attacks and pro-Israel opposition, paired with Ghalibaf's 'NO TO WAR' quote
- Mondoweiss
- reads the result through Israel policy: the push to block weapons sales and J Street pressure on 2028 hopefuls like Mamdani and AOC
Sources: Responsible Statecraft (1, 2), Drop Site News, Mondoweiss