Advertisement“If you take money from certain people, it’s not like that money doesn’t come with strings,” said Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive who is running for Michigan’s open Senate seat while rejecting corporate PAC money. “Rejecting corporate PAC money is a powerfully important signal to voters that you’re a Democrat with backbone who will actually fight back against special interests.”Warren and other progressives have taken to pointing to rejecting corporate PAC money as a significant litmus test. After a UAW member directly asked if the candidates were taking corporate PAC money, both El-Sayed and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow said they weren’t. Each of the candidates backed by the progressive group Justice Democrats this cycle has promised to turn down corporate PAC money. “The discontent with the corporate part of the Democratic Party is getting broader,” said Usamah Andrabi, the group’s communications director.

Source: Huffington Post February 12, 2026 15:49 UTC