Pro-Israel group spent millions in tight race for southern California House seat – and lost

Aipac ran ads highlighting Dave Min’s 2023 drunk-driving arrest, yet Min beat out other Democrats in primary for Katie Porter’s seat

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), the most powerful pro-Israel lobby group in the US, poured more than $4.5m into an Orange county congressional race in hopes of keeping Dave Min from advancing to the November election.

But on Tuesday, the California state senator did exactly that – outpacing his Democratic competitor Joanna Weiss to come in second in the primary for the seat of Congresswoman Katie Porter.