Key facts
- Abdul El-Sayed became the first Muslim elected to the US Senate, winning in Michigan.
- Aipac spent more than $40 million trying to defeat El-Sayed, according to the report.
- Trump suggested on election morning he would replace nearly $4 billion in annual military aid with arms sales.
- J Street said its polling found 72% of Jewish voters voted for Democrats on Tuesday.
- Aipac said last month it would stop making direct endorsements and contributions to candidates.
- Pro-Palestinian candidates also won downballot races, including Palestinian-American candidates.
Pro-Palestinian candidates won races across the US midterm ballot on November 3, 2026, in what the report describes as a rejection of Trump's politics and of the US-Israel relationship. In Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed became the first Muslim elected to the US Senate, after a campaign in which Aipac spent more than $40 million trying to defeat him, according to the report.
Trump suggested on election morning that he would cut military aid to Israel at the end of the year because, as he put it, "they don't need it". The report said the suggestion, replacing nearly $4 billion in annual military aid with arms sales, signaled little would change in practice. Pro-Palestinian advocates dismissed it as "desperate" and pro-Israel ones as "unserious", the report said.
Aipac said last month it would stop making direct endorsements and contributions, acknowledging its open support was hurting pro-Israel candidates more than it helped them, according to the report. J Street said its polling found 72% of Jews voted for Democrats on Tuesday, even as the Republican party increased its share of the Jewish vote since 2024.
Beth Miller, political director of Jewish Voice for Peace Action, said: "The old bipartisan consensus on Israel is over." Yousef Munayyer, head of the Palestine/Israel Program at the Arab Center Washington DC, said Americans were reminded of the failures of the Iran war with every visit to the gas station and grocery store.
Lara Friedman, president of the Foundation for Middle East Peace, said American voters, organizers and candidates "kicked the door down". Matt Duss, executive vice-president of the Center for International Policy, said Democrats must seize the opportunity to become the party opposed to war.