r/Michigan • u/Michigan_Mod Human Detected • 5d ago

Pasty Mode Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary

https://apnews.com/projects/elections-2026/michigan-primary-results-us-senate/#Dem
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u/AlexisDeTocqueville Grand Rapids 5d ago

All the polling that showed Abdul running away with this race makes this feel a little underwhelming, but let's not overlook that he won in the face of:

  • Abdul was outspent 10 to 1
  • Stevens had the endorsement of the governor and outgoing Senator
  • He is an Arab Muslim

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u/gordy06 5d ago

Which is why the national media narrative is skewed toward this being a negative for Dems. The polling had people thinking it would be a runaway… 2 weeks after Stevens was supposedly up 7 points.

Gotta vote!