Ocasio-Cortez Transfers $1 Million to El-Sayed Fund

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez transferred $1 million to a joint fundraising fund supporting Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign for the U.S. Senate in Michigan, a major contribution from a New York lawmaker to a race outside her state. The transfer was announced Friday as Ocasio-Cortez campaigned with El-Sayed in Michigan, less than three weeks before the November 3 election. The money went to the Abdul for Michigan Victory Fund, which includes El-Sayed’s campaign, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Michigan Democratic Party organization. The transfer supports El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee, in his contest against Republican former Representative Mike Rogers. The race is considered competitive and could affect control of the Senate. Ocasio-Cortez said she wanted to do more to counter what she called smears against El-Sayed. In a statement, she said she did not want to regret failing to do more after the election and added that she was leaving everything she could on the field. She campaigned with El-Sayed on Thursday, traveling by bus through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and appeared at events in the Detroit region on Friday. At a Pontiac event, she said the transfer...