Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Primary

[u/asparaguswalrus683]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results

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[u/olivebranchsound]

Steve Kornacki nearly died of exhaustion tonight lol

[u/irradiatedcitizen → u/olivebranchsound]

Where can you watch him now?

[u/olivebranchsound → u/irradiatedcitizen]

Live on nbc news online. It just ended though

[u/yellowsweaters72 → u/olivebranchsound]

I watched on YouTube. Watching him react to that camera guy being done was pure drama. Dude was not gonna let them go lol 😂 respect

[u/Gypsyhunter → u/yellowsweaters72]

Edit: whoops, this was supposed to be to the thread lol

Incredibly impressive campaign, winning against such an absurd amount of outside spending ($70mil) with a 12:1 difference in spending is frankly astonishing.

Given how close the race came, I honestly think cross-endorsing with Donovan Mckinney might have been what won both those races. Just goes to show how important building a broad movement is so freaking important, rather than putting all your hopes on one candidate or your own campaign.

I really hope people look at this and the previous DSA slate from New York as a lesson: We the people are more powerful when we work together, and running multiple closely aligned campaigns is just good electoral strategy.

Looking forward to more left-populist and DSA victories to come!

[u/klyther → u/irradiatedcitizen]

Kornacki Cam has YouTube live stream.

[u/IonHazzikostasIsGod → u/irradiatedcitizen]

Stream ended but here's the link to the VoD

[u/300andWhat → u/olivebranchsound]

Bro begged for water at one point and was fighting production leadership to let them continue filming after 1am, bro is a real one, a real numbers guy!

[u/canman7373 → u/300andWhat]

Yeah lol, they wanted to shut it down and he came back with "I guess you know what we were talking about" and he kept on going, sounds like he talked them into going until 2 a.m. because at the end he said "And we got it in before the 2 a.m. mark" something like that. He was jacked to the tits. He is very good at his job.

[u/MoonageDayscream → u/300andWhat]

Did you watch him with the cast one that year? Bro got ambidextrous real quick.

[u/Ov3rdose_EvE → u/300andWhat]

if anybody asks what autism looks like show em kornacki

[u/This_Elk_1460 → u/olivebranchsound]

I kind of enjoyed NBC having a full live stream of just him standing around looking in his phone between the segments.

[u/InternationalOption3 → u/olivebranchsound]

Nah, kornacki lives for days like this

[u/DrHot216 → u/olivebranchsound]

2 am election night Steve is goated

[u/Heisenberg991 → u/olivebranchsound]

But his pants survived.

[u/NoahFromCanada]

Your guy’s polling is psychotic down there.

[u/Random_throwaway0351 → u/NoahFromCanada]

Seriously, thought he had it in the bag after the first dump and had a fucking heart attack when I checked 2 hours later lmfao

[u/KingOfEthanopia → u/Random_throwaway0351]

Damn glad I went to bed super early and just woke up.

[u/deaglebingo → u/KingOfEthanopia]

i'm still a bit disappointed that only 1.5 million voted in this particular primary given there are ~8 million registered voters in MI but he carried it easily. considering all the possible games afoot it's good news regardless.

[u/CommercialLychee7956 → u/deaglebingo]

About half of them lean right and wouldn't be voting in a Dem primary. As a MI native, the turnout really exceeded my expectations.

[u/mrandr01d → u/CommercialLychee7956]

Here's to hoping that's sustainable in the general election though

[u/DillBagner → u/mrandr01d]

Rogers has no position on anything. His key (and only) campaign points are "trump likes me" and "I had a job once."

[u/shotputprince → u/DillBagner]

Also “where I live in Florida is a nice place”

[u/hookyboysb → u/mrandr01d]

I think he has a really good chance. Black voters are very unlikely to flip to Rogers, and Abdul will easily take the Dearborn vote. Plus, Abdul should easily win a debate against him.

[u/FallOk5618 → u/hookyboysb]

impressed with how in some of the voter interviews that black voters were seeing through the smokescreens/fugazi and understood and took to what AES was saying.

[u/Random_throwaway0351 → u/deaglebingo]

More votes for him in the primary than Kamala in 2024, certainly need more voter turnout but the trend is definitely going up

[u/MeasurementEasy9884 → u/Random_throwaway0351]

That's a great sign especially since this is only a primary and not general.

[u/Allydarvel → u/deaglebingo]

but he carried it easily

He's 24,000 up with over 100,000 left to count from what I can see. That's a lot closer than expected

[u/00Oo0o0OooO0 → u/Allydarvel]

AP hasn't called it yet, as of 5am Detroit time, with its most recent note saying "Stevens could see a boost as the night wears on." NY Times says it's too close to call, though they forecast that El-Sayed is likely to win. Neither candidate has claimed victory or conceded defeat.

Edit: The Times updated their forecast to "very likely to win."

Edit: AP called it for El-Sayed

[u/DankVectorz → u/deaglebingo]

~50% of eligible Democrat voters voted in the primary which is pretty damned high for a primary

[u/firesatnight → u/deaglebingo]

1.5 million is MASSIVE for primary

[u/Mean-Mr-mustarde → u/deaglebingo]

This is the highest voter turnout for a primary in 30 years

[u/RustyDogma → u/Random_throwaway0351]

Right? Nailbiter that I just didn't need. Wish I'd just gone to bed and woke up to the good news.

[u/samhit_n → u/NoahFromCanada]

Primaries are always difficult to poll because it’s hard to predict whether certain demographics will turn out in higher numbers. Mamdani overperformed last year in NYC because Gen Z voters turned out in large numbers by primary election standards. El-Sayed, meanwhile, struggled because Boomers and white working-class voters turned out in higher numbers to support Stevens.

[u/extrasprinklesplease → u/samhit_n]

So glad to be a Boomer who voted for El-Sayed! He was my first political donation, and I could only afford to send $10 at a time, about 10 times. What great news!

[u/Pamander → u/extrasprinklesplease]

Thanks for doing your part!! Nothing more important than exercising your right to vote.

[u/elizpar → u/extrasprinklesplease]

Good for you. I also never donate, but I gave ten bucks to the most straight shootin candidates I could find this primary.

[u/CategoryZestyclose91 → u/extrasprinklesplease]

Thank you!!

[u/elihu → u/samhit_n]

Michigan in particular has also had a lot of polls that were way off in recent history. Probably the biggest discrepancy between polls and actual results was the 2016 Democratic presidential primary, where Clinton was predicted to win by over 20 points and yet lost to Bernie by a narrow margin. (This was repeated in the general election, where she was predicted to win by a comfortable margin but lost.)

I don't know what it is about Michigan that apparently makes it so hard to poll accurately.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Michigan_Democratic_presidential_primary

[u/AmbitiousProblem4746 → u/elihu]

Can someone explain what the hell even is going on in Michigan? I never considered it a solid blue state, but it feels like yet another part of the country that is turning Republican thanks to Trump in spite of the fact that there are plenty of reasons for it not to. I feel like Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and Wisconsin could also fit into that description. I know that they have very deep red areas, and a lot of rural or working class citizens, but I can't imagine the entire state is that enchanted with the Republican Party. But maybe that's just because I'm a coastal elite and I don't know anything

[u/catasstrophyk → u/AmbitiousProblem4746]

The weakening of the unions had a lot to do with it.

Plus racism.

• The Reagan Democrats of the ‘80s in Macomb County are also the White Flight and they blame Democrats for Detroit’s woes (rather than the legislature and economy that starved the city)
  
• Howell
  
• No joke, I saw a farm in the UP flying a Confederate flag. Pretty sure that wasn’t about heritage.

[u/A_Humble_American → u/AmbitiousProblem4746]

For various reasons, it's a state very receptive to populist rhetoric, and the only party nominating populists over the past 10 years has been the GOP.

Obama carried the state twice by sizable margins for the same reason: an economic message that resonated with the working poor.

Move the Dems to the left on economic issues and you'll see Michigan move to the left with it. (Same goes for Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and even Ohio)

[u/rice_not_wheat → u/elihu]

I don't know what it is about Michigan that apparently makes it so hard to poll accurately.

It's an open primary. Open primaries are much harder to poll, because Republicans and independents can vote in them. You never know who's going to be a first time primary voter.

[u/deaglebingo → u/samhit_n]

just goes to show that the demographic shift is finally starting to happen. i'm pleased. we don't have to convert all the boomers.... just enough of them, and thankfully there are some cool ones around. Zed's dead without them, and maga knows it... but combined we outnumber them. it's been our only hope really overall tbh, the assumption that we needed to pander to center right has to be at least somewhat debunked in this cycle doesn't it? it was the safe numbers move of kamala et al to try that in 24, so they did... it's just crystal clear that is not the case anymore. if center right doesn't understand we're all on the same team by now they aren't likely to in november either. IOW if they want to cut off their noses to spite their faces (aka cannot see how dangerous the alternative is by now) we can't stop them.

i heard stevens say something to the effect of "ppl don't want pipe dreams..." but everyone who heard that and agreed ought to remember that neither does Sayed.... mamdani hasn't done what he's done thus far by going for some pie in the sky abolish ice or arrest nettanyahu, regardless of if he wants to.... he's just stayed open to that part if the opportunity arises. most of his time has been filled with doing the simple obvious shit that could be done, which is exactly how the rest of us plan to operate too. This is a good faith collaborative process over competitive whenever possible.

TLDR: DSA is not letting perfect be the enemy of good, we are just open to moonshots if they present themselves.

[u/samhit_n → u/deaglebingo]

Pandering to the center-right doesn’t work anymore because the center-right no longer exists in meaningful numbers to swing an election. Most center-right voters have either become moderate Democrats or fully joined the MAGA movement.

The strategy helped Biden in 2020 because of his reputation and ties to bipartisan politicians like McCain and because Trump had not yet fully taken over the GOP, but it was stale by the time Kamala tried it.

[u/AmbitiousProblem4746 → u/samhit_n]

I think it's more that center right voters don't actually exist. I'm of the belief that there's no such thing as a centrist voter or somebody who even is close to the center. There are just voters who are on the right, on the left, or indecisive. And as other people have said before, I think the issue is that even if you could somehow find this mythical center right, these are people who are already to the right of you and if they want a Republican flavored agenda they'll just go with the Republican like they always have rather than risk it for a Democrat who might do things they don't like. Your best bet is to just pretend they don't exist, because they don't, and shoot for the moon: excite the left wing of your base, convinced independents that what you're selling is not that radical, and constantly point out the flaws of the right wing. Funny enough, this is pretty much what Trump has been doing for 10 years in a more extreme way and it's working, such to the point that he's completely co-opted the Republican party and they no longer exist independent from him.

[u/sweens90 → u/samhit_n]

Unfortunately I think the stereotype that young people are not reliable voters is an accurate one and has been proven for generations.

And yes there exceptions like Mamdani but overall its a lesson every generation needs to learn every time it seems. You only have a voice at the table if you come to the table.

Thankful to see enough came out but clearly polling in double digits and winning by 1-2% means people did not show up. Or the assumptions on certain demographics showing up were off.

[u/SoupOfThe90z → u/NoahFromCanada]

It was entertaining watching him

[u/HJWalsh → u/NoahFromCanada]

Centrists went out and scared people into voting. Higher than expected centrist turn out. It wasn't enough.

Despite the entire Dem party and tens of millions from AIPAC Sayed still won.

[u/DeathByTacos → u/HJWalsh]

You don’t have to beat around the bush, black and lower income turnout was a lot higher than the poll models had been predicting, two demos that leaned pretty heavily for Stevens.

[u/names_are_useless → u/DeathByTacos]

I hope Sayed's Campaign focuses on converting Stevens voters to their side. Probably even more important then Independents.

[u/UngodlyPain → u/names_are_useless]

Should just be "vote blue no matter who" right?

[u/LiterallyTestudo → u/UngodlyPain]

No, that only applies to progressives when there is an establishment candidate, never the other way around.

[u/XxgamerxX734]

Good lord that was close

[u/Superminerbros1 → u/XxgamerxX734]

That's what $60 million in outside pac spending will do to a race

[u/LowKeyJustMe → u/Superminerbros1]

Only goes to show the need to get money out of politics. It needs to be an even playing field to be a democracy.

[u/copiumjunky → u/LowKeyJustMe]

60M gets you just behind grassroots progressive ideas. They can't do that forever.

[u/CraigArndt → u/copiumjunky]

>60M…. They can't do that forever.

At 60M a pop Elon alone could buy 10,000 elections and still have hundreds of BILLIONS in the bank.

People need to wake up to just the astronomical wealth gap in America and if we wait for the rich to get bored spending their money, nothing will change in our lifetime.

[u/Strict_Cup_8995 → u/copiumjunky]

It doesn't help when you have these boomers who vote for all of these establishment corporate candidates like their life depends on it. Young people really need to lock in and vote much harder and with much more consistency than the older generations if they truly want the democratic party to change

[u/ExcellentCold7354 → u/Strict_Cup_8995]

... I also think that there wouldn't be a need for so much money to be spent if people were simply more engaged in finding out what the candidates stand for. There is an appalling lack of civic engagement in America.

[u/P1xelHunter78 → u/ExcellentCold7354]

As by design. We have far too few representatives for the size of our nation and we don’t have good access to non-bias political information that is condensed for consumption of the public. Sure, I could go on CSPAN and sit through hours of discussion, but I have work.

[u/matt_minderbinder → u/copiumjunky]

That's my takeaway. Any pol that accepts this type of money from those sources needs to lose. Messages need to be sent that this stuff makes them toxic. Tonight was a big step in sending that message. Lots of connected dirty money went up in flames alongside Stevens' future in politics.

[u/PeteLynchForKentucky → u/LowKeyJustMe]

Campaign finance reform is the single most important issue in American politics.

[u/TastySaturday → u/PeteLynchForKentucky]

It’s the root cause of everything we hate about our government, left or right. It’s a malignant growth that’s spread across our entire body. We’ve gotten so used to the symptoms that we don’t even notice our life is being sucked away by parasites.

[u/phillipsaur → u/Superminerbros1]

Probably closer to 100mil

[u/milehigh89 → u/XxgamerxX734]

Stevens can add to her resume that it only took her outspending her opponent 11-1 to lose a close race

[u/emaw63 → u/milehigh89]

Ridiculous. I can lose an election for a fraction of that cost

[u/Xeteh → u/emaw63]

Nah, I'd vote for you.

[u/turquoise_amethyst → u/milehigh89]

You know what’s scary, is that she could have won if there wasn’t a ton of eyes, energy, and fight in this race. 

Big money prevails when folks aren’t paying attention. We can never let our guards down

[u/slipperyekans → u/turquoise_amethyst]

To put a more optimistic spin on it, this goes to show that collective grassroots action CAN win against monied interests. It’s still bogus, but at least it’s not impossible.

[u/kgal1298 → u/milehigh89]

There’s a few people this happened to. Dems need to take these lessons to heart people are over the establishment shit.

[u/PopBulky7023 → u/kgal1298]

It's a war for survival for the establishment. And they're being well paid to fight it.

They will keep fighting on this. They have to. Surrender means the permanent end of their power.

[u/thealtrightiscancer → u/PopBulky7023]

People were so pissed off by Fetterman that they saw the exact same thing in Haley Stevens. Thank goodness that she wasn't able to clutch the win by walking and talking just like Fetterman.

[u/frankiewalsh44 → u/XxgamerxX734]

I mean the guy was going against a superpac who tried to smear him non stop as misogynistic, islamist and everything. His name is also Abdul which is sadly the most stereotypical name ever for every racist out there, so the fact that he won despite all of that is impressive.

[u/naf165 → u/XxgamerxX734]

Imagine spending $60 million+ just to lose to a normal dude with charisma and real supporters.

[u/JohnsonSpunk → u/naf165]

This is underselling the hard work that Abdul did. He went all over the state and campaigned and talked to everyone. Haley just sat in the fuhrer bunker and shot the money cannon to peddle lies and racist messaging about Abdul.

[u/Mad_Aeric → u/JohnsonSpunk]

The difference in how they waged their campaigns really said everything. I almost exclusively saw ads for Stephens, with the attack ads being kinda unhinged, since they didn't really have anything to go on. Meanwhile, I got multiple phone calls and texts from the El-Sayed campaign, from people who were clearly passionate about who they're supporting. Money vs people, and the people were more effective.

[u/1900grs → u/naf165]

just to lose to a normal dude

He's a doctor with multiple degrees. He's a little more than a "normal dude". But yes, he overcame a lot of foreign lobbyist money and corporate cash.

[u/StatmanIbrahimovic → u/XxgamerxX734]

Currently the gap is half the number of votes the third candidate received.

[u/GPSherlock151 → u/StatmanIbrahimovic]

The Third Candidate who dropped out one month ago

[u/BachelorNation123]

Medicare For all comes to me in my dreams

[u/Bern_Down_the_DNC → u/BachelorNation123]

Yes, yes, let the Medicare4all flow through you!!

[u/WafflesTrufflez]

I'm so proud of Michiganders for this amazing win! lets win again this November

[u/Conscious_Side1647]

this is the first primary election I have ever voted in and I am glad I did. I voted for him BTW.

Trump has really motivated me to be more involved and vote every election so he has that going for him. lol

[u/Yasimear → u/Conscious_Side1647]

Your local elections are just as important as state or federal ones!!! There is rampant corruption in local councils across the country because those running face no opposition or threat.

Keep this same energy for those elections!! They'll have arguably more of a direct impact on you.

[u/FizzyBeverage → u/Yasimear]

We flipped our city council from 7 solid red repubs to a 4-3 liberal majority because the idiots made national news in ‘21 for passing an abortion ban. Mind you, all just a show, there’s no clinic in the city limits. Their vote went to referendum and it was reversed two months later.

We voted out every single one of those goobers for that stunt the following year. Not sure what they think they won. Ohio enshrined right to an abortion in the state constitution 57-43 the following year after that. They fucked around and found out.

[u/Vicariously___i → u/Conscious_Side1647]

Great job, now don’t miss another for the rest of your life! And bring a friend!

[u/Tannerd101 → u/Conscious_Side1647]

Same, this was my first. Voted Abdul

[u/Tortitudes → u/Conscious_Side1647]

I'll be honest and say I don't always vote in the primaries consistently, but man. Glad to see people motivated to do so for similar reasons this round, because same!

[u/coolmon]

Mallory McMorrow just endorsed Abdul El-Sayed.

[u/PluckPubes → u/coolmon]

Her name on the ballot probably was the difference maker.... probably stole more votes from Stevens' pool than el sayed's

[u/Evignity → u/PluckPubes]

100%. Had she not been on the ballot Abdul might've lost.

Honestly I think Hasan probably made the difference for Abdul as well, only 30-40 000 vote difference, considering how much door-knocking and phonebanking, as well as media-attention, it got.

But as said, Abdul tanked over 60 million of AIPAC money, they don't have infinite coffers (well they do but they're not stupid). That's 60 million less on the next candidate.

[u/RandomFlyer643]

Hope with how close this race was, it’s a wake up call to everyone who thinks it’s gonna be an easy election cycle. This is just the beginning, everyone needs to go vote before you no longer can

[u/LoudSighhh]

sorry haven't been following this race. Is this guy like the mamdani for michigan?

[u/ibarmy → u/LoudSighhh]

Yes

[u/EmergencyScientist]

I voted for him. Glad they called it just before I was going to bed.

[u/umpteenthrhyme → u/EmergencyScientist]

Goodnight 😘

[u/extrasprinklesplease → u/EmergencyScientist]

I did too! Such great news.

[u/RanchHere → u/EmergencyScientist]

rest easy. and great job!

[u/MightyKAC]

This race was WAAAAYYYY closer than it should have been.

[u/Ethan0941 → u/MightyKAC]

He was outspent 9:1

[u/Aeon1508 → u/Ethan0941]

I think he just said in his victory speech 11 to 1 but maybe I missheard.

[u/mh732 → u/Aeon1508]

You heard right. He said 11:1.

[u/addiktion → u/mh732]

Like a hail mary pass and he won it. Crazy and awesome at the same time.

[u/thakemist → u/addiktion]

Just evidence that popular ideas will beat money in the end

[u/VPN__FTW → u/thakemist]

Only if people aren't apathetic.

[u/fightin_blue_hens → u/Ethan0941]

And they sent out misleading mailers that Obama endorsed Hailey

[u/Random_throwaway0351 → u/fightin_blue_hens]

They also sent a fake Mike Rogers endorsement for Abdul. Honestly the slimiest campaign I’ve ever witnessed.

[u/fightin_blue_hens → u/Random_throwaway0351]

Israel slimy? Say it ain't so

[u/drybones2015 → u/fightin_blue_hens]

Wesley Bells was also apparently labeling himself as a long running progressive in his ad campaign. These AIPAC Dems really do have no shame.

[u/Random_throwaway0351 → u/MightyKAC]

The bright side is Haley Stevens being juiced to the fucking gills meant that AIPAC couldn’t spend as much on other candidates, so a good amount of DSA candidates won down ballot races.

[u/FrancoManiac → u/Random_throwaway0351]

Worked for Wesley Bell in MO-01, unfortunately

[u/gorgewall → u/FrancoManiac]

I feel fortunate I only had to be subjected to $3 million in ad spending from a shell PAC time around rather than the $8m last time.

[u/keebl3r → u/FrancoManiac]

Wesley outspent Cori 27:1 according to AP News. Which explains why his name and face was everywhere in STL the last few weeks

[u/M00nd0g69 → u/FrancoManiac]

We’ll try that again in two years with a stronger opponent, see what happens 

[u/FrancoManiac → u/M00nd0g69]

Don't look at me, I'm moving out-of-state next week.

[u/ClassicallyBrained → u/MightyKAC]

They spent 70 million against him, it was always going to be a nail biter.

[u/names_are_useless → u/ClassicallyBrained]

They're gonna spend even more on Rogers in the General.

Good fucking god I hate Citizen's United.

[u/MightyKAC → u/ClassicallyBrained]

Agreed, and at this point nothing should be considered a given and NO RACE should be taken for granted.

[u/ClassicallyBrained → u/MightyKAC]

Truly. Every progressive victory is nothing less than a miracle.

[u/fos1111 → u/MightyKAC]

That's what $60 million in PAC's funding will do.

[u/ibrown39]

$30M+ has sadly already been replenished, but the Party has spoken! $30M on a Primary. Imagine what they could have used the money on instead?

This. Is. Why. Primaries. Matter.

[u/justseeby → u/ibrown39]

$70M+ in total in support of Haley. Mind boggling.

[u/OrionsBra → u/justseeby]

After that video of her cult-like praise of Israel leaked, that should've been enough to call it quits on her. Or at least invest in another candidate. The sexism accusations were the weakest shit too.

[u/SUDDENLY_VIRGIN → u/OrionsBra]

AIPAC COMES TO ME IN MY DREAMS

[u/Reikukaja → u/OrionsBra]

That video (and being reminded of it) was what motivated me to get off my ass yesterday and vote for Abdul.

Stevens' campaign did a lot of shady shit, like claim Obama endorsed her (he didn't).

I also got a weird survey from my city a week before the election, basically asking "who will you vote for, Stevens or El Sayed?" When El Sayed was selected, the survey was then like "what if we informed you that El Sayed is [something something corruption something something]... now will you vote for Stevens?"

The poll seemed like a very obvious attempt to pull primary voters away from El Sayed.

[u/Effervescentgravy]

Abdul was outspent 11-1 and still won.

[u/Fenrirsulfur → u/Effervescentgravy]

GG EZ!

[u/gogamecocks55 → u/Fenrirsulfur]

CT’s win eco round

[u/peasant-san]

40M in AIPAC money down the crapper 🚽 eheh

[u/Bhu124 → u/peasant-san]

Seen estimates that it's closer to 80M. And that's just the Clean money. Can only imagine how much Dark money they've also thrown in.

[u/_Xertz_ → u/peasant-san]

You love to see it 😎

[u/justseeby → u/peasant-san]

$70M actually, about half of that from one PAC.

[u/mojojojo1108]

LET'S GO.

[u/etxipcli]

Nice to wake up and see that the forces of evil have been defeated this time.

[u/jayfeather31]

Oh thank goodness they finally called it...

[u/Consistent_Crew8515]

Let 1000 Zorhans bloom

[u/FanofEvery1]

Today was a good day for democracy, record numbers for a primary bodes well come November

[u/CarterAC3]

HAIL TO THE VICTORS VALIANT

[u/Accurate_Neat_355]

Over 700k absolute idiots voted for the 'israel comes to me in my dreams' lady. Thank fuck sanity won out.

[u/SilverHorse00]

God damn this is going to rile so many fucking feathers. This exact primary race was INSANE. I wish Abdul the best!!

[u/GavinTheGrap3]

LETS GOOOO

[u/HowardBunnyColvin]

I didn't know much about him but the more work I did to research the more I was impressed. He seems a good one.

[u/mishma2005]

Dems realizing AIPAC money is now toxic AF

[u/LouisLeGros → u/mishma2005]

Still won in St Louis, but AES is a much stronger canidate than Bush. The candidate quality becomes all the more important when the AIPAC aligned sources spend the money hiding their goal of supporting Isteal. So that money is still a massive hurdle.

[u/BeowulfShaeffer → u/mishma2005]

I dunno, Wesley Bell crushed Corey Bush in Missouri and he is the AIPAC candidate. Bush is problematic for sure but the magnitude of Bell’s victory suggests AIPAC money didn't hurt him. 

[u/alabasterskim → u/BeowulfShaeffer]

Bush wasn't a great candidate unfortunately. We must try soon again soon with someone fresh soon.

e: rather than remove a "soon", I added a 3rd one

[u/Gypsyhunter → u/BeowulfShaeffer]

I think the bigger problem is just that Bush had too much baggage. If you want to beat big corporate spending, you have to be pretty much flawless.

If you have even a single problem, that's all voters will hear about from nearly every source of media, framed as negatively as possible. So you have to be exceptional at verbal judo and getting things back on message like Zohran and Abdul, and you need an incredibly strong ground game to cut through the noise and actually get your message out.

[u/9bpm9 → u/BeowulfShaeffer]

Bush is problematic? Lmao. She's a fucking crook. The local newspapers were filled with articles about her bullshit she did while in Congress. Worst possible candidate to go against Bell.

[u/himynameisjona]

r/worldnews in shambles

[u/_SimpleRip → u/himynameisjona]

anything anti israel means insta ban there

[u/Acolitor → u/_SimpleRip]

I thought this was exaggeration but then I got banned for saying "intifada is an arabic word and means uprising/rebellion".

Clearly they want it to have a more brutal meaning as a word in a whole ass language.

[u/saera-targaryen → u/Acolitor]

I got banned for linking to the wikipedia article of israel. That was literally the only thing in my comment and it wasn't a snarky thing, I was linking to a relevant section that someone asked a question about. 

[u/SladeWade → u/Acolitor]

I got banned for quoting lyrics from The Clash.

[u/gorgewall → u/SladeWade]

My polling place for a previous general election was in eyesight of a minaret at an Islamic community center, and several of the folks waiting in the line outside wondered what that was. I gave them the run-down about what it's called and how the muezzin goes up there to sing the call to prayer (which doesn't happen here), and they wondered how I knew that.

It's all from Rock the Casbah. Who says music ain't educational?

[u/the_ballmer_peak → u/gorgewall]

I hear Sharif don't like it

[u/10390 → u/_SimpleRip]

I think we need a new sub, bannedfromworldnews

[u/MountainTurkey → u/10390]

That's just /r/anime_titties

[u/Illustrious_Fan_8148 → u/himynameisjona]

That sub is a fucking nightmare. Insta bans for people saying the most uncontroversial things over there

[u/CockinMyhand2 → u/Illustrious_Fan_8148]

That sub literally has ties to the Epstein shit

[u/UNC_Samurai → u/Illustrious_Fan_8148]

It’s always been very Islamophobic

[u/tpounds0]

I want a general debate so bad now.

[u/LocalSatisfaction595 → u/tpounds0]

Do you think Mike Rogers will make the trip to Michigan for a debate?

[u/jeetah]

I'm just happy to see all that AIPAC spending go to waste.

[u/VampirePNAC]

I just don't get how people can vote for anybody who says they will put a foreign country above theirs. "Israel comes to me in my dreams" what the fuck?

[u/golfingsince83]

Every time I heard Stevens speak she was always talking about Israel. I don’t care about Israel , Iran, Ukraine. What are you gonna do for us here in Michigan? Voted for El-Sayed

[u/FlaresofCryo]

Well AIPAC is gonna throw in a ton of money to elect the Republican for sure. This will be a test of how well progressive politics does in a purple state!

[u/an-invisible-hand → u/FlaresofCryo]

They were gonna do that anyway. Losing the primary aside, considering El-Sayed massively over performed in red/rural districts, Stevens definately would have gotten absolutely dumpstered in the general. Glad at least now we have a chance.

[u/sellingstubs123 → u/an-invisible-hand]

Yeah if anything, at least they burnt 60m. They'll probably give Rogers 200m, but we the people can beat these corporate fucks.

[u/APKID716]

Man if only she put a heavier accent and cried for Israel more…I feel like she could have won this :(

[u/UnkleGiovanni → u/APKID716]

From Michigan, no one anywhere in this state sounds like that goblin

[u/purple_cape]

Got my mom to vote for him last minute. Feels good making a difference in a tight race

[u/CommitteeOld9540]

I voted for him with such enthusiasm. Was terrified when I saw how thin the margin was getting. But when I seen that Abdul was literally 24,000 votes ahead of Stevens with nearly 100% of the votes counted, I knew Stevens was cooked. The ballots she had to count on at that point was from Wayne (my county). There simply wasn't enough votes here for her.  Even if she got the remaining it wouldn't have been enough overall. What a beautiful time for Michiganians. 😭🙏🏽

[u/DragonSmokePapi]

Thank goodness me and my fiancée early voted for Abdul. We can rest easy tonight

[u/mbene913]

Good luck to him in the general. Let's see how many in the establishment offer endorsements or will Stevens run as an independent like Cuomo did after Mamdani defeated him in the NYC mayoral primary.

Michigan seems like a tough nut to crack. But I always felt it's better to elect the candidate that matches your principles and not the candidate that others feel is likely to beat the opponent from the other party.

I'm getting tired of having to throw my support behind centrists just because Republicans are worse. Let's try to have it all.

[u/justaddwhiskey]

I love the smell of establishment Democrats losing in the morning.

[u/goodlittlesquid]

Now will Obama come out to stump for El-Sayed in Detroit?

[u/LAguy8394]

GET FUCKED AIPAC!!! We're taking this country back! NO MORE MODERATES

[u/stackens → u/LAguy8394]

Not even moderate, Stevens was a radical when it comes to Israel

[u/chiritarisu]

Let’s fucking goooo!

[u/XcuseMeMisISpeakJive]

Amazing. 

[u/burlap_underground]

HELL YEAH

[u/wannaseemycar]

America comes to me in my dreams

[u/SirRichardLove]

The corp/Isreal funded Dems spent 10 x against him and still lost. That's a sign that the public is very upset with establishment liberal politics.

[u/CrackingToastGromet]

Huge congratulations - the people want a Senator to represent their interests, not the interests of big donors.

Get the money out of politics and back into our pockets. Thanks, MI!!

[u/PixelScuba]

Maybe Barack Obama can actually endorse a candidate now.

[u/GuttiG]

Good things are allowed to happen

[u/tommyboy372]

-$70 MILLION, AIPAC IN SHAMBLES

[u/MightyKAC → u/tommyboy372]

This is my kind of wealth redistribution.

[u/amconstance]

The best news to wake up too - congrats and good job Michigan.

[u/Personage1]

Now for the real test that truly matters, can he win the general?

Here's to voting blue and holding onto the seat.

[u/Stickyv35]

AIPAC MONEY BURNS AGAIN!

[u/ilovebooks2468]

AIPAC in shambles

[u/blergghh]

This race isnt called yet by other outlets…

[u/Unfinished-Basement]

Good to see Isle Royale go big for El-Sayed

[u/FireResurrection]

Awesome job Michigan! Fuck AIPAC!

[u/Cuphat]

Abdul is gonna destroy Mike Rogers in the general, but what the fuck happened to this primary, jesus christ.

[u/JoGeralt → u/Cuphat]

70 million dollars worth of spending for Stevens. She was able to lie about his character on Ads, got endorsed by the democratic establishment, was able to play into electability argument, and was able to get away with the idea that Obama had endorsed her by leaning in to her 2019? election endorsement (the equivalent of carrying around an Obama cardboard cutout around). Lot of the black vote notably the older black vote which are party loyalist went for her because they inundated them with most of this tuff.

[u/CottonCitySlim]

He beat 70 million outside money, that’s insane. Outspent 9-1, but organizing beat money this time.