The old foreign-policy test candidates used to get sorted by is losing its grip, and the midterm numbers make that case better than any pundit. AIPAC and pro-Israel PACs put up over $187M across the cycle, with nearly $128M backing candidates they wanted and more than $59M aimed at people who wouldn't fall in line. Michigan was the clearest test of whether that cash could actually flip a race. It couldn't. El-Sayed beat Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary even after AIPAC's super PAC spent over $30M trying to stop him, then kept spending into the general and he won anyway. House races told the same story, candidates opposing unconditional support for Israel survived the financial push against them. Voters seem done letting a single lobby dictate outcomes. Source: Responsible Statecraft / Writer: Lucas