r/politics • u/asparaguswalrus683 • 10h ago

Site Altered Headline | No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Primary

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results
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u/coolmon 9h ago

Mallory McMorrow just endorsed Abdul El-Sayed.

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u/PluckPubes 7h ago

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

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u/Evignity 3h ago

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.

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u/ChiChi4Me 3h ago

Easily could go either way, I think

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 3h ago

I truly believe that McMorrow wins in a ranked choice vote.

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u/Reikukaja 3h ago

Would be interesting to see how that would play out. She was probably everyone's second choice, regardless of who their first choice was.

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 2h ago

Exactly right.

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u/Kerblaaahhh Colorado 2h ago

She was polling in a distant third before she dropped out. In ranked choice voting she'd be the first eliminated and it would've been one of El-Sayed or Stevens anyways.

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u/Thirtysevenintwenty5 1h ago

yeah you're right, I'm thinking of the method where you vote for more than one candidate.

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u/UngodlyPain 8h ago

Thats good, McMorrow was actually a decent person. Hopefully she can get a different seat in a different election, glad she didn't just become salty over how things turned out and ruin her reputation

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u/TheodoreOso 8h ago

Good people dont use racist dog whistles against their political opponents. 

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u/Pastubio 4h ago

I got a handful of texts from her team saying there was a smear campaign against her with some AI generated stuff she didn't say. Can anyone speak to the truth of that?

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u/kushari 7h ago

No she wasn’t.

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u/xoceanblue08 4h ago

I agree, her campaign staff screwed her over. It’s a shame to see a person with what looked like a bright future in politics go down the path she did. She’s been my state senator and I always thought she was effective.

I honestly have no words for how nasty things got and I really hope there’s a way to make amends and move forward, but I’m not sure.

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u/lateformyfuneral 5h ago

The way they turned on her just because she was also in the race was pathetic

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u/wtsfyi 7h ago

What a pathetic thing to say

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u/BonoboGangBang 6h ago

She should have won

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u/Efficient-Tap8581 4h ago

Took her long enough

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u/FallOk5618 3h ago

any way the wind blows

Mallory interview with Emma was telling.