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Democrats Just Spent $64 Million Fighting Themselves

Republicans control Washington. Democratic consultants still found a way to make the emergency about them.

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David B. Wheeler
Aug 19, 2026
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I keep coming back to one number.

$194 million.

That is how much was spent on advertising in Michigan’s U.S. Senate primary this year. Nobody had ever spent that much on a state midterm primary before.

About $64 million of it went toward helping Haley Stevens try to defeat Abdul El-Sayed.

Two Democrats.

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