Abdul el Sayed won the Democratic nomination for Michigan‘s open Senate seat on Tuesday, capping a stunning rise in one of the year’s most closely watched primaries and setting up a general election showdown with Republican Mike Rogers. The Associated Press called the race for el Sayed at 9:54 a.m. Wednesday. With 99% of the […]

Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York warned that while Republicans remain favored to hold the Senate in 2026, the party’s narrow path to maintaining its majority has become more precarious as Democrats target several competitive races.  “I’ve been pretty pessimistic as far as Republicans holding the house,” York said on the Hugh Hewitt Show […]

Former public health official Abdul el Sayed maintained a thin margin over Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) on Wednesday morning as Michigan continued to count ballots in its Democratic Senate primary. With about 96% of votes totaled, el Sayed held about 48.5% of the vote, while Stevens inched closer to the progressive candidate with 47.5% of […]

The Michigan Senate race between Abdul el Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) remained too close to call on Wednesday morning, though el Sayed has a 1-point lead as of about 8:30 a.m. The results are closer than was expected, with most polls suggesting el Sayed would win by double digits. An Emerson College Poll […]