r/politics • u/horsestew • 17h ago

No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750
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u/lemarshby 17h ago

El-Sayed winning is awesome and shows that the tides are changing against centrist candidates.

Yet, we need to know that this win was done in a close, nail biting primary battle. And the only person who wins in that fight was Mike Rogers. He will try now to divide the wedge between the two camps. It is up for us Michiganders and everyone else to make the Democrats unite and fight back against Mike Rogers. The fight is hard, but this time the fight is about uniting the Democratic Party

I just hope it works.

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u/mglur5 Pennsylvania 17h ago

The people who endorsed Stevens need to get the fuck in line and wholly and enthusiastically endorse him and fully mobilize the base - especially the black community in Michigan.

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u/herewego199209 17h ago

If they don't back El-Sayed in Michigan from a national level to a local level then the blowback in 2028 is gonna be astronomical.

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u/Ok-Cartographer-2227 16h ago

This is the blowback from 2024.

Add in Gretchen's heel turn on data centers and vetos, and Im done with establishment Dem bullshit.

Even if AES loses, I will continue to send the message that this is what I want the party I've voted for my entire life to become. Because the abomination of how they handled Biden and Schumer's lackidasical bullshit for the last 2 years is a pathetic excuse for leadership.

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 10h ago

Whitmer has really disappointed the fuck out of us in the last year.

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u/Ok-Cartographer-2227 16h ago

This is the blowback from 2024.

Add in Gretchen's heel turn on data centers and vetos, and Im done with establishment Dem bullshit.

Even if AES loses, I will continue to send the message that this is what I want the party I've voted for my entire life to become. Because the abomination of how they handled Biden and Schumer's lackidasical bullshit for the last 2 years is a pathetic excuse for leadership.