McMorrow Drops Out

Mallory McMorrow suspends her Michigan Senate campaign, shaking up the Democratic primary.

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Mallory McMorrow suspends Senate campaign in Michigan

Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow Suspends Senate Campaign

Mallory McMorrow drops out of US Senate primary in Michigan

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Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow suspended her campaign for the U.S. Senate on Sunday, leaving Rep. Haley Stevens and former Wayne County Health Department Director Abdul El-Sayed as the major candidates in Michigan’s Democratic primary. The Aug. 4 primary will select the Democratic nominee for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Peters, a race Democrats are trying to hold in the battle for Senate control. McMorrow did not endorse either remaining candidate and said she was “not leaving the fight.”

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Campaign Collapse

McMorrow suspended her Senate campaign because it had fallen apart amid scandal, collapsing support, and damaging remarks. Her exit was the result of a weakened, troubled candidacy rather than a normal campaign decision.