Michigan Senate race: Democrat Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers two days before the election

Summary

Tensions flared between Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, and El-Sayed's former primary rival, Rep. Haley Stevens, leaving uncertainty about their scheduled joint event on Sunday, The NY Times reported on Saturday 31 October. On Sunday 1 November Stevens was no longer expected to join El-Sayed at a Detroit church event, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, and Stevens appeared at a church event with Republican candidate Mike Rogers, sealing the rupture with El-Sayed, according to Bloomberg. Stevens endorsed Rogers two days before the election, a major shakeup in the final stages of a top battleground race that could determine which party controls the Senate, NBC News reported, the Inquirer writing that Stevens stunned party officials, PBS NewsHour recalling that El-Sayed defeated Stevens by a slim margin in the August primary, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani criticized Stevens for backing a Republican, The NY Times reported. Semafor then headlined that the Democrats' chaos in Michigan exposes the party's divides, and on Monday 2 November The NY Times wrote that the relationship between El-Sayed and Stevens shattered in part because of Israel, but also because of their sensitive egos and hurt feelings.

Latest: Semafor headlined that the Democrats' chaos in Michigan exposes the party's divides, and The NY Times reported that the relationship between El-Sayed and Stevens shattered in part because of Israel, but also because of their sensitive egos and hurt feelings, the split having been months in the making.

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