New York is still processing that Rep. Dan Goldman came out more than 30 points down. The former federal prosecutor — running for a third term in his Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn district — lost to Brad Lander, who ran on one line: that Goldman’s AIPAC endorsement disqualified him. Most of the district agreed.

You don’t lose a safe seat by 32 points by accident. Democratic leaders can read that honestly, or explain it away: New York is different; Zohran Mamdani is a special case; the districts are too progressive to count. I’ve heard every version, but the candidates lining up for 2026 primaries have stopped believing it. Goldman was the fifth House Democrat to lose a primary this cycle — and the most prominent.

For 20 years, AIPAC’s power was less about the checks it wrote than the funding it could deny: cross a backed incumbent and no one else would touch you. Then American Priorities, the........

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