Whitmer backs Haley Stevens in hotly contested Michigan Senate race

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in the congresswoman’s tight Senate primary in Michigan against former public health official Abdul el Sayed. Stevens and el Sayed are locked in a neck-and-neck primary to see who will vie to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) in the general election, with Stevens representing the…