How Old-School Race Animus Could Shake Up the Michigan Senate Race

Dispatches from a weekend with Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens and their efforts to win over black Democratic voters.

Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed is facing accusations that he is more focused on national politics than representing Michigan after leaked audio showed him describing the state’s Senate seat as a platform to build the progressive movement and influence the Democratic Party ahead of the 2028 presidential elec

Abdul El-Sayed may be buoyed by a younger, anti-establishment coalition as he runs against an establishment candidate Abdul El-Sayed spends a fair amount of his day not taking himself so seriously. He jokes about his haircut, films selfie videos with supporters and has taken – more than once – to cringey dancing and li