Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, NBC News projects, clinching the nomination in a close race over Rep. Haley Stevens. El-Sayed, a former public health official, will face former Rep. Mike Rogers, who claimed the Republican nomination without opposition.
Primary Race
El-Sayed overcame a nearly $65 million onslaught of outside money and an establishment that had rallied around Stevens. Popular Gov. Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Stevens late last month — a move seen as a last-ditch effort to stop a rising El-Sayed.
The primary was seen as a test of whether an insurgent populist movement that had scored victories in primaries in blue states like New York and Colorado could take root in a purple battleground in the industrial Midwest. El-Sayed’s push for “Medicare for All,” condemnation of money in politics, and criticism of Stevens for supporting aid to Israel were central to his campaign.
General Election
The race between El-Sayed and Rogers is expected to be one of the most competitive in the country, and it could determine which party controls the Senate. Republicans have 53 seats in the chamber, and Democrats are going after some red states to flip the four seats they’d need to swing the majority.
Original reporting: Dallas TX News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
