AIPAC and its primary political arms — led by the so-called United Democracy Project (UDP) — have deployed an unprecedented political war chest exceeding $100 million in the 2026 election cycle. Their core focus has been backing pro-Israel candidates and unseating or defeating progressive critics of Israeli military policy.

However, Abdul El-Sayed overcame all the money against him, using the very nature of such spending against them in a refreshingly simple strategy...