Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel tells Peter Alexander why she thinks Democratic Senate candidate Abdul Al-Sayed should "tone down his rhetoric."
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed has narrowly defeated moderate Rep. Haley Stevens (D) in the marquee Michigan Democratic Senate primary, which has highlighted Democrats’ fight over the future of the party. The former Wayne County public health official is leading Stevens by just 1 percentage point, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). The Michigan Senate race is perhaps this cycle’s biggest front in the battle over the direction of the Democratic Party, after its far-left faction notched notable primary wins and ousted some longtime lawmakers earlier this year. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6009490-michigan-senate-race-too-close-to-call-5-takeaways/ #michigan #senate #primary #election #progressive #aipac #politics
A recent poll shows the progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed with a 15-point lead over Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in the state's Democratic Party primary. El-Sayed has drawn a sharp contrast between his approach to fundraising, which eschews donations from corporate PACs, and that of Stevens, who he claims is now beholden to questionable funders. But polling also suggests Stevens could stand a better chance of beating the presumptive Republican nominee, former Rep. Mike Rogers (MI), in the general election. #El-Sayed #Michigan #Senate #Primary #DemocraticParty
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed is leading Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) by 15 points ahead of next week’s Democratic primary for Michigan’s open Senate seat, according to a new poll. An Emerson College Polling/WLNS/WOODTV survey released Thursday showed El-Sayed handily defeating Stevens in the primary with 54 percent support to Stevens’s 39 percent. A separate 6 percent of respondents said they were undecided while about 2 percent backed state Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D), who dropped out of the race earlier this summer. Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5997606-el-sayed-leads-stevens-michigan-senate-poll/?tbref=hp #Senate #AbdulElSayed #HaleyStevens #PrimaryElection #Democrats #Michigan
The Michigan Democratic Senate primary race is heating up as Abdul El-Sayed rallied across the state over the weekend and was backed by key progressive figures, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY). The race between El-Sayed and Stevens has morphed into a proxy war between the progressive and centrist factions of the Democratic Party. Stevens, meanwhile, has the support of retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) — whom she is running to succeed — former Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), among others from the Democratic establishment. The majority of polling indicates the race will be tight. A survey the Glengariff Group conducted earlier this month found Stevens…