{"id":520169,"date":"2026-08-07T21:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/democrats-try-to-present-a-united-front-in-michigan-after-a-very-close-primary\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:18:37","slug":"democrats-try-to-present-a-united-front-in-michigan-after-a-very-close-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/democrats-try-to-present-a-united-front-in-michigan-after-a-very-close-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats try to present a united front in Michigan after a very close primary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DETROIT .\u2014<\/strong> Michigan Democrats urged voters on Friday to support their statewide candidates, three days after a tight race for a U.S. Senate seat highlighted divisions between the party’s progressive and moderate wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A list of candidates and other prominent Democrats addressed a crowd of more than 1,000 voters. The crowd cheered most enthusiastically for Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official who narrowly defeated establishment-backed Representative Haley Stevens in a contentious and closely watched primary for a vacant Senate seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn Michigan, we will fight to build the America we are proud to bequeath to our children and grandchildren,\u201d El-Sayed said from a podium under a scoreboard in a Detroit high school gymnasium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than three months before the general election in which El-Sayed will face Republican Mike Rogers, the Democratic Party is under pressure to close ranks in a race that will help determine control of the Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIn a spirit of unity, I want to thank my two colleagues who ran,\u201d El-Sayed said. \u201cHaley Stevens and Mallory McMorrow ran an incredible campaign.\u201d McMorrow suspended her campaign in July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision of current Democratic Senator Gary Peters not to run for reelection left the seat vacant. Michigan is a key state in the elections, having voted for President Donald Trump in 2016, for Joe Biden in 2020, and again for Trump in 2024.Related stories<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>The rally came after a chaotic primary campaign that at times turned personal. In early July, El-Sayed told Semafor that Stevens was not capable of “writing two coherent sentences.” In another interview, he called him “the least capable candidate in America.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stevens, for his part, accused El-Sayed of seeking publicity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am the only one on this stage who doesn’t have a talent agent trying to get me paid speeches,\u201d she said during a debate against El-Sayed. \u201cAnd unlike my opponent, I don’t run to the first microphone or camera I see.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stevens, who lost the primary by just under a percentage point, told CBS News on Thursday that she was willing to campaign with El-Sayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will do whatever he wants,\u201d she said. Stevens appeared Thursday alongside El-Sayed at a breakfast organized by the Michigan Democratic Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Friday’s event, gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson, who easily won the primary, also spoke. She will face Trump-backed Representative John James in the general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the other state candidates who spoke were Eli Savit, who is running for attorney general, and Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist, who is running for secretary of state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the rally began, Tom Moran, one of the attendees, carried a sign that read: “United behind the winner.” This school bus driver from Fenton, Michigan, voted for Stevens in the primary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow I tell you: make the commitment. Let us unite around our candidate,\u201d said Moran, 71.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GaNun is a member of The Associated Press\/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a national nonprofit program that places journalists into local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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