Michigan drenched in super PAC spending for Abdul El-Sayed

• After scandal-plagued Graham Platner's likely primary win Tuesday in Maine, El-Sayed is the next anti-establishment progressive who has a serious chance of winning a Senate nomination.

💰 Driving the news: The Fighting for Michigan PAC said it will fund "a multimillion-dollar independent expenditure campaign" to back El-Sayed, including direct mail, digital ads and organizing efforts.

• The group declined to share a more specific figure of how much it expects to spend.
• The group's first ad — "As Michigan As It Gets" — featured a greatest hits of El-Sayed's bio as a Michigan graduate and public health official.
• The organization's involvement comes at the same time that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's main super PAC is wading into the race to support another Democratic candidate, moderate Rep. Haley Stevens.

🗳️ Zoom in: Recent polls show El-Sayed and Stevens, who is seen by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee as the most electable contender, are leading the primary contest.

• Mallory McMorrow, a liberal state senator, is also in the running.

🤝 Between the lines: Several progressive groups, including National Nurses United, Common Defense Action Fund, the Working Families Party and American Priorities, are involved with the Fighting for Michigan PAC.

• "We know big-money groups representing the Israel lobby, corporate interests and AI billionaires are going to spend heavily against Abdul in the coming days," said Connor Farrell, a progressive strategist who is helping lead the group along with operative Hannah Fertig.

‼️ The bottom line: The super PAC released an internal poll on Tuesday showing El-Sayed leading Republican Mike Rogers in the general election.