Michigan Democrat stuns party to back Republican candidate in critical Senate race
Summary
Michigan Representative Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers after losing the Democratic primary to Abdul El-Sayed. The endorsement highlighted divisions among Michigan Democrats as voters prepare to choose control of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections.Key Facts
- Stevens endorsed Rogers on November 1 and appeared with him at a Detroit church.
- Stevens said she did not belong in El-Sayed’s campaign.
- El-Sayed defeated Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary.
- Stevens had been scheduled to appear with El-Sayed in a party-unity event, but it did not go ahead.
- Stevens criticized an outside-group advertisement that she said blamed Israel for high grocery prices.
- President Donald Trump praised Stevens’s endorsement and invited her to join the Republican Party.
- Thirty-five Senate seats and all 435 House seats are on the November 3 ballot.
- Republicans held narrow majorities in both chambers before the election; Michigan was among the states seen as important to the Senate contest.
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