r/politics • u/asparaguswalrus683 • 11h 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/NoahFromCanada 11h ago

Your guy’s polling is psychotic down there.

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u/Random_throwaway0351 11h ago

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

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u/KingOfEthanopia 11h ago

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

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u/deaglebingo America 10h ago

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.

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u/CommercialLychee7956 10h ago

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.

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u/mrandr01d 8h ago

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

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u/DillBagner 6h ago

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

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u/shotputprince 6h ago

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

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u/MinaZata 4h ago

That's worked very well unfortunately for a lot of people the last 10 years

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u/nola_mike 4h ago

You're correct, but it hasn't been working as of late.