DOWN GOES AIPAC

Aug 12, 2026

Progressive candidates keep beating AIPAC-funded Democrats, which is good news for the left wing of the party but a defeat for pro-Israel money in primaries.

  • Peggy Flanagan, running against AIPAC money, won a Minnesota Senate primary by a wide margin after refusing pro-Israel donations.
  • Progressive Matt Little also won his Minnesota race despite AIPAC funding two rival candidates to split the vote.
  • Winners ran on kitchen-table issues — child care, a wealth tax, Medicare for All — not the "defund police" positions their opponents attacked.
  • In Wisconsin, DSA-backed Francesca Hong lost the governor's primary by a hair, hurt by the sitting governor's rival endorsement and no backing from AOC or Bernie Sanders.

Outlook: The fight between progressives and the party establishment is set to peak in the 2028 presidential primary.

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