About the Senate race, he wrote that “the rise of Abdul El-Sayed as one of the leading Democrats in the state is not surprising. Rick also pointed out:The Michigan Senate race is not the only key contest involving socialists vs. the establishment. Rep. Shri Thanedar could become the next Democrat to lose his reelection bid to a democratic socialist challenger as he faces off against state Rep. Donavan McKinney. AdvertisementAfter Democrats tried to redistrict Republicans to oblivion in Virginia, the courts intervened to stop it, and the state’s primaries got delayed. In the Senate primaries, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) faces a primary challenge from somebody called Pond Naramore.