| Member | District | UDP spending against | Challenger | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaal Bowman | NY-16 | $15M+ | George Latimer | Lost June 2024 primary by 17 points |
| Cori Bush | MO-01 | $8.5M+ | Wesley Bell | Lost August 2024 primary by 6 points |
Jamaal Bowman, NY-16
- Voted against the April 2024 Israel emergency aid package and called for a ceasefire.
- The race was the most expensive House primary in US history at the time.
Cori Bush, MO-01
- Voted against most pro-Israel resolutions and called the Gaza campaign a genocide.
- UDP's spending against her was the second largest single race total of the cycle.
The Mechanism
AIPAC endorses based on past votes, and those candidates win 97% of the time. When a member breaks from that record, a primary challenger appears with $8M to $15M in outside spending behind them. In 2024 it happened twice. Both sitting members lost.
"That money will still be spent, but it will be spent against you instead."
Ryan Grim, describing how AIPAC money works as a threat