A tight Michigan Democratic Senate primary is turning into a fight over money in politics, and it's playing badly for the establishment candidate.

• Abdul El-Sayed tied nearly every answer back to Haley Stevens taking corporate and AIPAC cash, saying $46 million in AIPAC spending is buying a "reliable vote."
• He argues that money means she'll do donors' bidding, including sending tax dollars to fund the war in Gaza instead of Michigan schools and roads.
• Stevens tried to hit back over his financial disclosures and podcast income, but the attacks fell flat after he released the filings.
• AIPAC and Gaza have become a litmus test for the Democratic base, driving the motivated voters most likely to show up in a primary.
• The national party is a mess — the DNC is broke and infighting — and leaders are moving South Carolina first in 2028 to blunt the rising left.

Outlook: The primary is next Tuesday; a big money flood is trying to save Stevens, but the energized anti-AIPAC base gives El-Sayed real momentum.