Abdul El-Sayed edged Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic primary for a Senate seat.
The real test of El-Sayed's and progressives' strength will now come in a November matchup against Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman who ran unopposed for the GOP nomination.
Former state health official Abdul El-Sayed faced Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan in a closely watched contest that represented the latest test of the party's divisions.
Progressive Abdul El-Sayed immediately zeroed in on his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers, by calling the former House lawmaker a carpetbagger and “corporate sellout” after clinching the Democratic primary nod in the Michigan Senate race. “Mike’s a guy who spent 14 years in Congress with one goal: to figure out how to cash out the day…