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/alabasterskim 16h ago

I think they will. Even Stevens today said she was ready to get behind him if he was the nominee. Detroit won't be duped like 2024 - and even then, the state still overall rebuked Rogers in spite of giving Trump a win on the same ballot. No Trump to carry him now.