Leftist Democrat urges unity after victory in Michigan

DETROIT: Left-wing insurgent Abdul El-Sayed called for Democratic unity on Wednesday (Aug 6) after narrowly defeating the party establishment's candidate in Michigan and claiming the nomination for one of November's most important US Senate races."The things that unite us are so much bigger than the things that divide us," El-Sayed told supporters, promising to build a movement broad enough to include voters who had backed either Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump in 2024."You know, in the words of Muhammad Ali, we shook up the world," he said of his win over four-term congresswoman Haley Stevens after a bitter and expensive primary that became a national test of the Democratic Party's left wing.The former public health official overcame tens of millions of dollars in outsid