Michigan Senate Race Sets Stage for Midterms and 2028

Will progressives become power brokers in the next presidential election?

Angie Craig and Peggy Flanagan are ending their primary race with strikingly similar messages but dramatically different theories of electability. The outcome will be the latest marker in the progressive vs. moderate contest playing out among Democrats nationwide.

In the run-up to Michigan’s hotly contested Democratic Senate primary last week, a slew of headlines declared the showdown a “fight for the party’s soul.”

How El-Sayed’s win for Michigan’s Democratic primary reflects the rise of progressive values in the Senate race  CNN

Republican attacks have focused on terrorism and illegal immigration, while Democrats have sought to capitalize on the unpopularity of President Trump’s cuts to Medicaid.