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Left-leaning candidate upsets US Democratic establishment in key Michigan Senate primary race
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Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, narrowly beat veteran politician Haley Stevens by a single percentage point (less than 15,000 votes) after a bruising race in the US state of Michigan.
NEW: Abdul El-Sayed has won the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan!
BREAKING: Trump declares Abdul El-Sayed Michigan Senate primary win 'great news' for Republicans pic.twitter.com/OrlfYzBWks — Fox News (@FoxNews) August 5, 2026“Now, the Dumocrats crazy policies will only get worse!”
AIPAC’s affiliated super PAC, the United Democracy Project (UDP), spent over $31 million (€26.83 million) supporting Stevens in the Senate primary.
“The Democratic establishment threw everything it had at Abdul El-Sayed,” Dan Pfeiffer, a senior aide in Barack Obama’s White House turned political analyst and podcast host, posted on X.