Aipac spent $55m on losing congressional candidates in midterm elections: Report

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Nearly two-thirds of its funds were spent on candidates who lost, in a major setback for the pro-Israel lobbying group The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) spent more than $84m in the 2026 US midterms, but nearly two-thirds of those funds were spent on losing candidates, according to a new report from Responsible Statecraft. Aipac’s Super Pac and other groups spent $55m on failed candidates. The largest portion of those funds, about $32m, was spent trying to defeat Democratic Sen