In 2008, political consultant David Axelrod ran a first-time senator from Illinois to the left of Hillary Clinton, captured the Democratic Party nomination, and the White House, twice. Last week, Axelrod wrote on X that, “It would be good,” for the party’s new progressive U.S. Senate candidate in Michigan if a like-minded progressive candidate in Wisconsin “loses.” Some of the ads were aired in Madison and Milwaukee, key markets in the Democratic primary, WisPolitics reported earlier. Tony Evers announced last year that he would not seek a third term, the Democratic Party establishment in his state has tried rallying around a candidate. In Michigan, El-Sayed’s Republican opponent, former Congressman Mike Rogers, launched a “Democrats for Mike” social media campaign after the Democratic primary.