Just days before the midterm elections, Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., conspicuously avoided offering a full-throated endorsement for Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, her former rival in a bitter primary. When pressed on national television, Stevens repeatedly stopped short of saying she was “fully behind” El-Sayed, instead highlighting her work campaigning for other Democratic candidates like gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson. While stating she was “on the team,” Stevens admitted, “I can’t say that I agree with everything that’s gone on,” underscoring lingering divisions within the Michigan Democratic Party. These tensions, exposed during the contentious primary, revolve around issues like Israel and Iran, and El-Sayed’s outreach to key constituencies like Black and Jewish voters, who largely supported Stevens. Stevens specifically noted that El-Sayed had not yet delivered a speech in the Black community as she had urged, indicating that El-Sayed still has significant work to do to consolidate support from her former primary voters. This lukewarm support comes as El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers in a crucial race for a Senate seat that could determine party control, with El-Sayed’s progressive platform being a focal point of the contest.
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