{"id":3230,"date":"2026-10-24T13:03:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T08:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3230"},"modified":"2026-10-24T13:03:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T08:03:52","slug":"sanders-gives-1m-to-el-sayed-as-aipac-plans-9m-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3230","title":{"rendered":"Sanders gives $1m to El-Sayed as AIPAC plans $9m campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>US Senator Bernie Sanders has transferred $1 million to Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s campaign after learning that the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC was planning to spend as much as $9 million to defeat him, <em>the New York Times<\/em> reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Vermont independent made the transfer on Wednesday and urged fellow progressives to help counter AIPAC\u2019s spending in what has become the most expensive Senate race in Michigan history.<\/p>\n<p>Four Democratic senators \u2014 Martin Heinrich, Tina Smith, Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley \u2014 were among a dozen lawmakers who pledged a combined $300,000 to support El-Sayed, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders had previously contributed $250,000 to a joint fundraising fund supporting El-Sayed in early October. The latest transfer brings his total contributions to $1.25 million.<\/p>\n<p>AIPAC has stepped up its involvement in the race, with its United Democracy Project super PAC previously spending money opposing El-Sayed during the Democratic primary.<\/p>\n<p>The group and its affiliates spent nearly $30 million backing his primary rival, Haley Stevens, who ultimately lost the nomination.<\/p>\n<p>AIPAC has since begun directing money towards a super PAC supporting Republican nominee Mike Rogers, the <em>New York Times<\/em> reported, citing two sources.<\/p>\n<p>El Sayed has opposed US aid to Israel, a position that has drawn opposition from pro-Israel advocacy groups.<\/p>\n<p>El Sayed, who would become the first Muslim senator in US history if elected in November, has substantially out-raised Rogers.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Election Commission data cited in reports showed El Sayed had raised more than $45 million by the end of September, compared with Rogers\u2019s more than $20 million.<\/p>\n<p>However, outside spending has also played a major role in the contest.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that outside groups have spent substantially more supporting Rogers than backing El-Sayed in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders\u2019s campaign had $22.4 million in cash reserves entering October, according to the <em>New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Senator Bernie Sanders has transferred $1 million to Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s campaign after learning that the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC was planning to spend as much as $9 million to defeat him, the New York Times reported. The Vermont independent made the transfer on Wednesday and urged fellow progressives to help counter AIPAC\u2019s spending in what has become the most expensive Senate race in Michigan history. Four Democratic senators \u2014 Martin Heinrich, Tina Smith, Chris Van Hollen and Jeff Merkley \u2014 were among a dozen lawmakers&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}