US midterms: 1 day to go – Democrats rally around El-Sayed amid attacks
Summary
With one day remaining before the U.S. midterm elections, Democrats are seeking control of both chambers of Congress. Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed received support from party leaders after Representative Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers, while a federal judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit over Alaska’s Senate election certification.Key Facts
- All 435 House seats and 35 of the 100 Senate seats are being contested.
- Governors will also be elected in 36 states.
- Haley Stevens, who lost Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, endorsed Republican candidate Mike Rogers.
- Stevens and El-Sayed have clashed over U.S. support for Israel and El-Sayed’s criticism of Israeli actions in Gaza.
- Democratic leaders, including Senate leader Chuck Schumer, publicly backed El-Sayed after Stevens’s endorsement.
- President Donald Trump praised Stevens’s decision and said he would welcome her joining the Republican Party.
- A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking to block Alaska from certifying its Senate election results.
- Senator Dan Sullivan said he would accept the election results.
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