AIPAC’s own materials state it supported 361 candidates in the 2024 election cycle with more than $53 million in direct support. Independent tallies based on FEC filings put the combined AIPAC PAC and United Democracy Project spending even higher — with the AIPAC PAC giving more than $55.2 million directly to federal candidates and UDP running tens of millions more in independent expenditures, overwhelmingly concentrated in House races.

Of the 80 sitting members of Congress for whom AIPAC or an affiliated pro-Israel PAC is their all-time top career contributor, 72 are members of the House of Representatives. 36 of the 80 are Republicans — underscoring that this spending is deliberately bipartisan.

The figures above are aggregate totals. For any individual representative’s exact career and per-cycle totals, search these live, FEC-sourced trackers:

The most aggressive use of this money has been in Democratic primary races, where AIPAC’s United Democracy Project has spent tens of millions of dollars to defeat progressive incumbents and challengers who criticized Israeli policy. The Intercept and other outlets have documented specific cases where UDP spending in a single House primary exceeded $4 million — an extraordinary sum for a down-ballot primary race, often outspending the targeted candidate’s entire campaign by a wide margin.

This spending pattern sends an unmistakable signal to every other member of the House: criticize Israeli government policy, and you may face a multi-million-dollar primary opponent funded by one of the best-resourced political operations in Washington.