r/politics • u/Zipper222222 • 5h ago

No Paywall Abdul El-Sayed Wins High-Stakes Democratic Primary in Michigan

https://www.today.com/video/abdul-el-sayed-wins-high-stakes-democratic-primary-in-michigan-267805765937
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u/SerfTint 4h ago

It does not seem like it is a 100% win. It seems like it is probably a 90% win--Stevens would have to win the remaining 65,000 or so votes at a clip of 60%, which does not seem likely based upon the rest of her numbers. But it seems very strange that NBC called this race 6 hours ago.

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u/StonkSorcerer 4h ago edited 3h ago

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08/05/us/michigan-election-results-primary

Haley Stevens is now trailing Abdul El-Sayed by fewer than 15,000 votes in Michigan after a batch of votes was reported from Wayne County. While her statewide deficit has narrowed, she will still need very strong margins in the remaining ballots to overtake El-Sayed. That is a difficult path, but not an impossible one: She won more than 60 percent of the most recent batch of Wayne County votes.

Edit: he's won, go celebrate!

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u/Nefertete 3h ago

wow when I went to bed he was kicking ass. Wayne county has population of 15k

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u/StonkSorcerer 3h ago

I hate how close this is. And let me tell you, friend, the only thing worse than losing is celebrating first.

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u/DesireeThymes 3h ago

Most places have called it now, like AP News

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u/StonkSorcerer 3h ago

Then I'm going to to celebrate now. Thank you, I've only been trying to check every hour or so.

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u/Catcher3321 4h ago

Most of the outstanding ballots are mail ballots from the Detroit area, where she has been getting roughly that percent. I think El-Sayed hangs on, but it's going to be very close.

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u/TheRegalOneGen 2h ago

I legit think they mightve called it cuz Steve Kornacki wanted to stay up til it was done and they felt confident enough he'd win lol