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Mike Rogers-AIPAC rupture roils Michigan Senate race
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Allies of Mike Rogers, Michigan's GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, have asked AIPAC not to advertise on his behalf, triggering a rupture with the powerful but polarizing pro-Israel group.
Key facts
- The move by Rogers' team angered AIPAC officials, who had spent more than $30 million to try to defeat El-Sayed in the Democratic primary and prepared to spend millions more to help elect Rogers
- Behind the scenes: Rogers' team warned AIPAC before the Aug. 4 Democratic primary that it believed El-Sayed would beat Stevens, though AIPAC held out hope Stevens would prevail
- Allies of Mike Rogers, Michigan's GOP nominee for the U.S. Senate, have asked AIPAC not to advertise on his behalf, triggering a rupture with the powerful but polarizing pro-Israel group
- Direct talks between Rogers' team and AIPAC have now gone cold, prompting a broader GOP effort to broker peace
Summary
Allies of Mike Rogers, Michigan's GOP nominee for the U.S. Rogers spoke with AIPAC chair Michael Tuchin in Los Angeles last week. The extraordinary tension underscores how far AIPAC's political standing has fallen amid voters' anger over the war in Gaza. The move by Rogers' team angered AIPAC officials, who had spent more than $30 million to try to defeat El-Sayed in the Democratic primary and prepared to spend millions more to help elect Rogers, according to people familiar with the conversations. El-Sayed made AIPAC a centerpiece of his successful primary campaign, using the group's spending against him to portray Democratic opponent Haley Stevens as beholden to the pro-Israel lobby.