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Michigan Senate race shifts to ‘lean Democrat’ in final Cook Political Report rating
Cook cited new polling showing Democratic voters coalescing behind Abdul El-Sayed, making a Senate majority more likely for Democrats.
- The nonpartisan Cook Political Report moved the Michigan Senate race from 'toss-up' to 'Lean Democrat,' reflecting new public and private polling data in the contest between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers.
- Analyst Jessica Taylor noted that Democratic base voters, including Black voters, have coalesced behind El-Sayed in the campaign's final stretch, driving the rating change.
- Haley Stevens made a cross-party endorsement on Sunday backing Rogers, though Taylor dismissed the move as a 'decision to revisit the bitter primary as primarily noise this late in the race.'
- The rating change suggests Democrats are now more likely to win a Senate majority than Republicans are to retain control, an assessment that remains firm despite the endorsement controversy.
- El-Sayed campaigned in Ypsilanti on Monday, attempting to win over Republican voters while sharing a closing message via an op-ed on the Fox News website.
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Cook Political Report Shrugs Off Shock Late Endorsement in MI Senate Race: ‘Did Not Change Our View’
Mike Rogers with Haley Stevens, left (AP Photo/Jose Juarez); Abdul El-Sayed, right (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) The political news over the past two days has been dominated by a late-breaking endorsement in the Michigan Senate race that many media outlets framed as a “shock,” but for the Cook Political Report, it didn’t move the needle at all. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) propelled her name into headlines across the country Sunday when she an…
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