The AIPAC-linked United Democracy Project is launching its first negative ad in the Michigan Senate race, targeting Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed, just over a month before the state’s primary elections.

According to FEC filings, the group spent more than $2 million in the initial ad buy targeting El-Sayed.

The 30-second ad highlights El-Sayed’s “long history of disrespecting women,” including criticisms of former First Lady Michelle Obama and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The ad also highlights a discrimination lawsuit — in which El-Sayed was not a defendant — that claimed he told a woman he wouldn’t work with anyone over the age of 40, as well as allegations that he attempted to pay an employee to keep silent about his disparaging comments about women.

Critics have recently highlighted El-Sayed’s disparaging comments about his opponent, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI); El-Sayed, in a recent interview, described her as a “suit with a large AIPAC account” who can’t “string together two coherent sentences.”

UDP has spent more than $10 million in the race boosting Stevens.

El-Sayed picked up a high-profile endorsement on Thursday from leading progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). Stevens was endorsed this week by the Detroit News.

Also Thursday, UDP made $400,000 in advertising reservations to support Rep. Wesley Bell (D-MO) as he faces a comeback primary challenge from former Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO), whom UDP helped Bell defeat in 2024.