‘Dearborn vs. Detroit’ proves how Abdul el Sayed cut into Stevens’s black vote: Tiana Lowe Doescher

Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher said Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed’s victory in the primary exposed a broader coalition than just rural and progressive voters.  “It’s not just rural voters,” Doescher said on CNN’s Group Chat Monday. “He’s appealing to the black voters t

A reader responds to MS NOW’s coverage of Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary.

The Michigan Senate primary exposed an inconvenient rift in the Democratic coalition. Abdul El-Sayed, the Israel-obsessed anti-capitalist candidate, narrowly defeated the establishment choice, Haley Stevens, by racking up huge margins among college-educated white voters. Most black and working-class voters preferred St

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders at "The People v. The Powerful" rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026. Sarah Rice/Getty Images Since 2016, when Donald Trump shattered the Democrats’ blue wall by winning working-class voters across the Midwest, a

Abdul El-Sayed just won by the skin of his teeth. His victory proves that the Bernie brand is far from unpopular in the Midwest, but that progressives will still have to climb mountains to win, writes John Bowden

Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary was powered by college towns and highly educated counties that broke hard for the progressive outsider, while Haley Stevens ran up margins in working-class communities across the state.