Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s tightly fought US Senate race, has asked Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens to stay away from his campaign events. The public rupture between the progressive El-Sayed and the more moderate Stevens, whom he defeated in a bitter primary, has cast Democratic tensions into the spotlight in one of the most consequential elections in the party’s campaign to retake control of the Senate. Stevens endorsed El-Sayed shortly after he won the primary election in August, and planned to campaign with him on Sunday.
But Stevens had until now avoided appearing publicly with her former opponent, whom she has criticized publicly for weeks. Her fiance, Jason Turkish, has campaigned on behalf of Republican candidate Mike Rogers. And just two days before they were scheduled to campaign together this weekend, Stevens demanded that El-Sayed denounce an outside group’s political ad that blamed higher prices on US support for Israel’s war in Gaza.
The open feuding worries many Democrats, who see the tight race as a must-win for the party to win back the Senate. People are not talking about ads. They are not talking about Haley Stevens.
They are talking about the price of gas and groceries.”
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