Illinois 9th Congressional District Primary

A network of AIPAC‑linked groups and allied crypto/AI PACs—including Affordable Chicago Now, Elect Chicago Women and the Chicago Progressive Partnership, which shared vendors and used local‑sounding branding—poured millions into Illinois Democratic primaries, running ads that attacked progressive, Squad‑aligned contenders, boosted splinter candidates to split the left, and rebranded centrists. Those interventions helped moderates Donna Miller and Melissa Bean prevail (Miller over former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. and state Sen. Robert Peters; Bean over Junaid Ahmed) and contributed to a broader defeat of Squad‑aligned challengers across the state, even as some AIPAC‑backed entrants still fell short.