El-Sayed vs. Stevens: How the Michigan Primary Could Reshape Democrats

Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate primary has become a battle over more than a nomination.

Mainstream Democrats are fretting that progressive victories in two critical primary races in Michigan on Tuesday could jeopardize the party’s chances of clinching must-win congressional seats in November. Abdul El-Sayed and Will Lawrence, who are both backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for their respective Senate a

Abdul el Sayed is substantially expanding his lead against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in the final days of the competitive Democratic primary race for an open Senate seat in Michigan. Multiple new polls compiled by the New York Times show the progressive front-runner with a double-digit lead over his establishment-backe

Only 57 percent of Rep. Haley Stevens' (D-MI) supporters say they will back socialist Abdul El-Sayed in November if he wins Michigan's Democrat Senate primary, according to polling data posted Friday.

Spencer Kimball, director of the Emerson College Polling Center, said that Abdul El-Sayed has managed to keep an edge on Haley Stevens in Emerson's poll of the Michigan democratic primary for Senate because he has managed to put together a coalition of younger people and educated voters around the state. Kimball said t

Abdul El-Sayed insisted he is not a socialist despite his ties to DSA events, a Bernie Sanders endorsement and a new ad featuring AOC in the Michigan Senate race.

The Michigan Senate primary is the next biggest test for the direction of the Democratic Party.

John Nichols His ability to hit hard against powerful moneyed interests makes him electable.

As newly released diary entries have thrust Dr. Anthony Fauci back into the spotlight, Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s own pandemic-era podcast offers a glimpse into just how closely he aligned himself with the former White House adviser.   El-Sayed had hosted a podcast sporadically since 2019, bu

Abdul El-Sayed is running for Senate as a Democrat in Michigan, where he is waging a close and bitter contest against Representative Haley Stevens in a primary that will be held on Tuesday. Were he to win, and then go on to defeat Mike Rogers, the presumed Republican candidate, El-Sayed would become the most fervently