THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Joseph Addington) - Abdul El-Sayed Wins Contentious Michigan Democratic Senate Primary
State of the Union: El-Sayed edged out Rep. Haley Stevens in a hard-fought race that leaves the party divided. The post Abdul El-Sayed Wins Contentious Michigan Democratic Senate Primary appeared first on The American Conservative .
Abdul El-Sayed narrowly beat Rep. Haley Stevens Wednesday in a rancorous Democratic primary for the Michigan senate race, the latest in a string of primary victories the progressive wing of the Democratic Party has achieved against more moderate candidates. With over 95 percent of the votes counted, El-Sayed won 48.5 percent of primary voters, compared to Stevens’s 47.5 percent. The one-percent margin was considerably closer than in pre-election polling, where El-Sayed was frequently reported as having a double-digit lead over Stevens. El-Sayed’s victory is a bitter defeat for establishment Democrats. Stevens was endorsed by Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, had the backing of the state’s traditionally powerful black community,…Open