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Michigan Senate Race Tests Jewish and Arab American Voters
Rogers is trying to win Jewish voters while Arab American leaders warn that attacks on El-Sayed are deepening divisions in both communities.
- The Senate race between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is testing Jewish and Arab American voters in Michigan amid deep divisions over the war in Gaza.
- Tensions have escalated in the Detroit suburbs as voters confront personal questions about faith and identity, with communities shaken by Israel's war in Gaza and the March attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield.
- To win over Jewish voters in Oakland County, Rogers has portrayed El-Sayed as an extremist, with allies repeatedly invoking claims he cannot condemn terrorism due to alleged ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
- Arab American leaders who previously supported President Donald Trump are distancing themselves from Republican rhetoric, while Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud called such attacks on Muslim politicians 'very problematic.'
- The rhetoric complicates efforts to unite Michigan voters, as Jewish Democratic activist Lori Goldman described the current climate as 'a fear campaign. It's spreading and it's not spreading slowly.
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A bitter Michigan Senate race rattles Jewish and Muslim voters already on edge over the war in Gaza
Michigan’s closely contested Senate race has become deeply personal for some voters. In Detroit’s suburbs, Jewish Democrats are questioning whether they can support Democrat Abdul El-Sayed who'd be the nation’s first Muslim senator if elected on Nov. 3.
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