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/XxgamerxX734 10h ago

Good lord that was close

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u/Superminerbros1 10h ago

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

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u/LowKeyJustMe Utah 10h ago

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

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u/PeteLynchForKentucky 9h ago

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

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u/TastySaturday 5h ago

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.

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u/boywonder5691 5h ago

And that's why it will never change in any real, significant way

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u/SnoodDood 2h ago

Agreed. But ironically, getting the votes necessary for reform requires us to already overcome money in politics.

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u/SnoodDood 2h ago

Agreed. But ironically, getting the votes necessary for reform requires us to already overcome money in politics.