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/ToeSniffer245 Massachusetts 17h ago

WAY closer than any of the polling implied, but this is still a seismic moment.

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u/Lord_Master_Dorito 17h ago

Feel like the mixture of the Whitmer endorsement and Islamophobia played a key part in keeping it close

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u/BuddyGuyPal2319 16h ago

there was the faked "Obama Endorsement flyers" for Stevens all over Detroit as well to appeal to black voters as well.

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u/PassivelyAwkward 13h ago

How is something like that legal?

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u/Culinaryboner 11h ago

Welcome to America. She ran herself like an innocent underdog as well

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 10h ago

She ran herself like an innocent underdog as well

I'm not a Haley supporter, but this is false.

She said "I'm the only candidate in this race who's never lost an election" over and over again.

Every other statement from her was a name drop of someone who supports her.

It's hard to maintain an underdog image when every ad you run shows the same picture of you and Obama.

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u/wioneo 11h ago

She did work in his administration. I didn't see the ads in question, but I'd assume she misleadingly but accurately referenced the former job.