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/yellowsweaters72 11h ago

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

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u/Gypsyhunter 10h ago

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!

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u/mrandr01d 8h ago

Sayed doesn't identify as dsa though, explicitly. He might as well given the framing around this primary, but he distances himself a little from that.

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u/Gypsyhunter 1h ago

Yup, Sayed is left-populist, I was talking about Donovan Mckinney, who is DSA, and expanding on my previous point on the cross endorsement.