El-Sayed Clip Sparks Backlash

Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary over Rep. Haley Stevens, setting up a general-election race against Republican Mike Rogers. Michigan Democrats held a unity rally in Detroit three days later, with El-Sayed, statewide nominees and Pete Buttigieg urging supporters from the party’s progressive and moderate wings to consolidate. Republicans, including Vice President JD Vance, attacked El-Sayed’s economic views and ties to progressive figures, while some Democrats warned Stevens supporters could defect. El-Sayed also faced criticism over a resurfaced 2020 clip saying, “I hate Mackinac so much.”