Michigan Is a Test of Democrats’ Leftward Shift: Taylor

Jessica Taylor, Senate and Governors editor at The Cook Political Report, says Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is a test of whether the party’s progressive energy can translate to a general election in a closely divided state. Taylor says if Abdul El-Sayed wins, Democrats may have to spend more heavily to retain s

It is primary day in a handful of states and voters are heading to the polls with key races up for grabs that could signal which direction the parties are headed before the November midterms. One of the most closely watched contests is taking place in Michigan, which has become the Democrat’s most expensive Senate prim

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Michigan Democrats have spent years building one of the party’s most successful statewide operations, but Abdul el Sayed’s rise in the Senate primary is testing whether the coalition that powered those victories can survive the party’s deepening ideological divisions. Ahead of Tuesday’s primary to replace retiring Sen.

Voters are faced with the thorny question of electability: who can win this purple state in November and potentially push Democrats toward a US Senate majority? At Chad Green’s house in Davison, Michigan, a brood of baby chicks roamed around the idyllic green lawn as US senators pitched a couple dozen voters on why th