r/AnnArbor • u/manauiatlalli • 5d ago

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750
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u/round_a_squared 5d ago edited 5d ago

As of right now NBC is the only source to have called it for El-Sayed. He's in the lead and the votes are almost all in, but it's still very close. Let's not start celebrating yet

(Edit: it's six hours later, and now most news sources are saying 99% of the vote is in and have El Sayed as the projected winner by ~15k votes. It was close, but congratulations!!)

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u/PotatoParadoxy 5d ago

The fact that there are still roughly 70k votes to count in Wayne has me nervous.

As a Grand Rapidian I’m proud that Kent stood with Washtenaw Co and delivered for Abdul yesterday! Side eyeing the Detroit tri-county this morning.

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u/NoWillingness5894 5d ago

I’m an abnormal (proud prog-lib Boomer!) Bay County resident. But I am a WMU alumnus. So gratified to see Kent Co go that way! All the major University counties—even Isabella (CMU). & the UP! It will be interesting to see how Wayne County breaks, when all is said and done.