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How a must-win Michigan Senate race turned messy for Democrats

A leading Republican outside group announced plans to pour $45 million into Michigan to boost former Rep. Mike Rogers, the likely GOP nominee, making it the party's largest investment in any Senate pickup opportunity.
Three Democrats—Rep. Haley Stevens, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, and 41-year-old El-Sayed—are vying for the Democratic nomination in an August 4 primary, though party insiders fear a progressive nominee could lose in November and cost them the Senate majority.
Both McMorrow and Stevens criticized El-Sayed for campaigning with left-wing streamer Hasan Piker, whose inflammatory past comments included saying America deserved 9/11; Stevens said, "That's not someone I'd be campaigning with."
El-Sayed labeled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal" and called the Gaza campaign a "genocide," while McMorrow rejected AIPAC funding to distance herself from pro-Israel groups amid similar scrutiny over her conflict rhetoric.
Republicans hope a bruised Democratic nominee will emerge from the primary weakened and cash-strapped, giving Rogers an edge; this strategy capitalizes on Michigan voters who shifted away from President Joe Biden over his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

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How a must-win Michigan Senate race turned messy for Democrats

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