Haley Stevens endorses GOP candidate in Michigan Senate race, spurning Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic Representative Haley Stevens has endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race, breaking from her party's nominee, Abdul El-Sayed. The move follows public tensions regarding campaign associations and ideological differences.
Why it matters
This high-profile cross-party endorsement just days before the election highlights deep fractures within the Democratic coalition and could influence swing-state voter turnout.
DETROIT — After months of proclaiming support for the Democratic ticket, Rep. Haley Stevens has endorsed GOP Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers over her former primary rival Abdul El-Sayed, less than 48 hours before Election Day.
"As you may have seen, our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul, said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away, and he's right," Stevens said in a video she posted to social media on Sunday. "And that's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the U.S. Senate today."
Her statement followed a surprise appearance with Rogers at a church in Detroit.
Outside a "Souls to the Polls" event at a church in Detroit, El-Sayed told reporters that he doesn't think about Stevens and said voters do not either.
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