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El-Sayed and Stevens Vie for Michigan Senate Nomination as Polls Show Rogers Leading

The Michigan Democratic Senate primary is a decisive contest between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens; the winner will face Republican Mike Rogers and new polls show Rogers ahead of El-Sayed by 10 points and tied with Stevens in a separate matchup.Abdul El-Sayed runs to the left of the party, advocating Medicare for All and the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, and he counts endorsements from Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren.Haley Stevens positions herself as a pragmatic party loyalist backed by Gretchen Whitmer and Jim Clyburn, and Democrats say the primary’s outcome will shape Senate control, the party’s Israel policy stance, and turnout strategy in the swing state.
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