Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in major victory for Democrats’ progressive wing
- Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for Michigan's open Senate seat, narrowly defeating Rep. Haley Stevens in a close race.
- El-Sayed received endorsements from prominent progressive figures like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, while Stevens was backed by establishment Democrats and pro-Israel lobby groups spending millions on her campaign.
- El-Sayed's victory marks a major win for the progressive wing of the Democratic Party and highlights divisions within the party.
- In the general election, El-Sayed will face Republican Mike Rogers, who leads in polls and has criticized El-Sayed's policies and past statements, framing the race as a choice between moderate and extremist visions.
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Longtime Vocal Democrat “Jumps Ship” Says “Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum” – Will Support Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate Election * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hoft
Longtime Democrat and former chief counsel for the House Judiciary Democrats announced on Friday he was switching parties and will be supporting Mike Rogers for the US Senate race in Michigan. The post Longtime Vocal Democrat “Jumps Ship” Says “Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum” – Will Support Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate Election appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
Dem with ties to Clinton ‘jumping ship’ in Michigan Senate race: ‘Lunatics are in charge’
A key ally of former President Bill Clinton is speaking out against his own party as “lunatics” inspired him to ditch one leftist Senate nominee in favor of the GOP. Throughout the 2026 primary elections, the steep decline of the slippery slope across the fruited plain has yielded little more than nuts from the Democratic Party. Now, after penning an op-ed in favor of former Rep. Mike Rogers (R) over Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race…
A Muslim, progressive candidate has won the Michigan Democratic primary: Abdul El-Sayed will run for a senatorial seat in the midterm elections. The result will influence the ongoing debate about whether Democrats can win exclusively from the center.
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Photograph Source: Conlan Houston – CC BY-SA 4.0 Outspent 11 to 1 by Congresswoman Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the party’s U.S. Senate nominee is the buzz of the nation. While big media outlets are wringing their hands or casting their eyes at familiar issues of affordability, rejection of establishment candidates and generational shift, many are missing an important element that could …
Nolan Finley: Is Abdul El-Sayed's win a moment or a movement?
Throughout the Tea Party years and the Republican Party’s descent into unprincipled populism under Donald Trump, Michigan Democrats masqueraded as the adults in the room. They promised stability and a platform that didn’t involve blowing up the established political order.
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