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The El-Sayed effect: How Jews and Israel are factoring into Michigan's primaries

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DETROIT (JTA) — The intra-party debate over Israel that has dominated Michigan's Democratic US Senate primary is reverberating further down the ballot throughout the state.

Local Jewish institutions have expressed alarm about El-Sayed's movement: When the candidate brought left-wing streamer Hasan Piker to MSU's campus for a rally earlier this year, the university's Hillel issued a statement saying it was "deeply troubled" by the appearance of what it called a "known antisemite."

Many Jews in the district who back Stevens also have high praise for Moss — though AIPAC, which has broken campaign records in spending for Stevens's Senate race, has spent minimally for Moss, according to the latest federal elections data.