Abdul El-Sayed, Haley Stevens locked in tight U.S. Senate race
During a U.S. Senate race debate, candidates Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed clashed over campaign financing from utility companies. El-Sayed accused Stevens of accepting corporate PAC money from DTE Energy, a claim supported by federal disclosure records.
Why it matters
The exchange highlights the role of corporate influence in political campaigns and the importance of transparency in election funding.
U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens went on the attack against Detroit-based DTE Energy and other utilities, arguing they were “selling out the ratepayers.”
“I’m giving them an option,” Stevens said. “I’m saying, ‘DTE, either stop raising rates or lose your federal funds and cut executive pay.”
The statement was followed by a question on whether the candidates had taken money from the utilities.
"Congresswoman Haley Stevens, are you taking money for your campaign from DTE or Consumers?" moderator Roop Raj asked.
Stevens said earlier in the debate that El-Sayed would be accusing her of taking money from “employees from certain corporations.”
“The only thing that ever motivates my work is the people of Michigan, the people who I hear from,” Stevens said.
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