Democrats’ future is on the line as El-Sayed and Stevens make final push in Michigan primary
The race has become a test of whether grassroots organizing can overcome more than $60 million in outside spending and establishment backing.
- With fewer than 48 hours until Michigan's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday, U.S. Senate candidate Haley Stevens and former Wayne County public health official Abdul El-Sayed are campaigning across the state to secure final votes.
- During a Sunday visit to Fellowship Chapel in Detroit, Stevens deflected a supporter's remark referring to her opponent's Islamic faith, responding, 'We're here for Michigan,' while emphasizing her campaign's diversity focus.
- El-Sayed, a progressive backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, rallied roughly 100 supporters in Detroit and addressed electability criticism during Grand Rapids and Warren events, saying, 'You couldn't possibly be open-minded enough to elect somebody with a name like mine.'
- Stevens faces criticism for receiving more than $30 million in backing from a pro-Israel group, a spending disparity El-Sayed highlights to contrast his grassroots volunteer operation with 12,000 statewide mobilized.
- The eventual nominee must unite the fractured Democratic coalition to defeat Republican Mike Rogers in November and hold an open seat critical to the party's hopes of controlling the Senate next year.
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Michigan Democrats pick between moderate and progressive in high-profile Senate primary - The Boston Globe
Michigan voters head to the polls Tuesday for primary elections including a closely watched Democratic US Senate contest between US Representative Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul El-Sayed.
The two souls of the U.S. Democratic Party are undergoing a test of fire this Tuesday. The primaries to elect the aspiring Senator for Michigan have become a kind of thermometer to measure to what extent the warming of the left wing of the party has reached, which has already won great victories in cities like New York and Denver, and which now faces a state of those so-called hinges, in which both Democrats and Republicans can win. Continue rea…
AIPAC draws attention in Michigan Senate primary, but voters say it is not top issue
AIPAC’s super PAC has spent over $30 million to support Stevens’ campaign, toppling its previous records in a bid to prevent one of its most vocal Democratic critics from reaching the Senate.
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