In the race for Senate in Michigan, multiple party fights are colliding for Democrats
The Michigan Democratic Senate primary has become a focal point for the party's internal debate between progressive and moderate factions. Candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens represent these competing visions as the party seeks to regain control of the Senate.
Why it matters
This race serves as a microcosm for the broader ideological struggle within the Democratic Party regarding its future direction and electoral strategy.
DETROIT — After two years in the political wilderness, Democrats are feeling cautiously optimistic about turning the tide in the midterms. That has only intensified debate about the direction of the party.
Nowhere is that debate more fraught now than Michigan, where Democrats are weighing two millennial candidates for an open Senate seat.
One is Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist firing up progressives by embracing "Medicare for All" and ripping the influence of corporate money in politics.
The other is Haley Stevens, a four-term congresswoman who flipped a suburban House district and pledges to fight President Trump while still practicing a more moderate brand of politics.
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