{"id":2628725,"date":"2026-07-11T19:18:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanders-aoc-to-stump-for-abdul-el-sayed-in-michigan-senate-primary\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T19:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:18:22","slug":"sanders-aoc-to-stump-for-abdul-el-sayed-in-michigan-senate-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sanders-aoc-to-stump-for-abdul-el-sayed-in-michigan-senate-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanders, AOC to stump for Abdul el Sayed in Michigan Senate primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsanders-aoc-to-stump-for-abdul-el-sayed-in-michigan-senate-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2628725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will campaign together in Michigan on July 18-19 as part of their &#8220;The People vs. The Powerful&#8221; tour to support Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed, who is challenging Rep. Haley Stevens in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newt-gingrich-bidens-infrastructure-plan-would-kill-jobs\/\" title=\"Newt Gingrich: Biden\u2019s infrastructure plan would kill jobs\">upcoming primary<\/a>. El Sayed, a former Detroit <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >health director<\/a> born to Egyptian parents, has focused his campaign on opposition to Israel and is running against stevens, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-taliban-kidnapped-a-navy-vet-in-afghanistan-the-biden-administration-risks-leaving-him-behind\/\" title=\"The Taliban Kidnapped a Navy Vet in Afghanistan. The Biden Administration Risks Leaving Him Behind.\">receives backing<\/a> from party leaders like Chuck Schumer. Recent polls show a close race between the two,with support around 42-41%,and debates have centered on issues like foreign policy and financial interests. sanders has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-4-pm-et-rep-escobar-announces-designation-of-castner-range-as-national-monument\/\" title=\"LIVE 4 PM ET: Rep. Escobar Announces Designation of Castner Range as National Monument\">previously campaigned<\/a> with el Sayed, while Ocasio-Cortez endorsed him later in the campaign. The primary is scheduled for August 4, with the winner opposing republican Mike Rogers in the general election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"41\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT) and Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"282\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) will hit the campaign trail in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"655\">Michigan<\/a> next weekend for a left-wing Senate challenger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/politics\/2026\/07\/bernie-sanders-aoc-will-rally-in-michigan-for-us-senate-candidate-abdul-el-sayed.html\">local reports<\/a>, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez will embark on their \u201cThe People vs. The Powerful\u201d tour in Michigan from July 18 to 19. They will appear with Abdul el Sayed, who is now one of two Democrats vying for the party\u2019s nomination to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI).<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4645164\/rat-race-replace-platner-how-candidates-campaigned-so-far\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>The rat race to replace Platner: How the candidates have campaigned so far<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4645011\/platner-poll-replacement-collins\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Platner ran polling on possible replacements before dropping out. Here\u2019s how they stacked up against Collins<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4644171\/israel-democrats-litmus-test-democratic-primaries\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Israel becomes Democrats\u2019 abortion-style litmus test<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Sayed, 41, is a former health director of Wayne County, which includes Detroit. Born in  Michigan to Egyptian parents, he has made opposition to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel<\/a> a centerpiece of his 2026 Senate campaign against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), who has the backing of Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"384\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) and establishment Democrats.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000019f-412e-d884-ad9f-71ae19d30000&#038;nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=026ec001-8881-451b-9736-1fe184d33098\">Tavern Research poll<\/a> conducted from July 6 to 7 showed Stevens and el Sayed in a statistical tie, with 42% and 41% support, respectively. Compared with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-nev-gop-gubernatorial-candidates-leading-over-democrat-gov-sisolak\/\" title=\"Poll: Nev. GOP gubernatorial candidates leading over Democrat Gov. Sisolak\">earlier polls<\/a>, the Tavern survey showed significantly fewer Michigan Democrats were undecided after state Sen. Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the primary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stevens and el Sayed sparred over Israel, their financial backers, and the electability of left-wing candidates in a July 7 debate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4640068\/michigan-senate-debate-el-sayed-stevens-slam-each-other-financial-interests\/#google_vignette\"><strong>MICHIGAN SENATE DEBATE: EL SAYED AND STEVENS SLAM EACH OTHER OVER FINANCIAL INTERESTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanders has already campaigned with el Sayed this year, as the two appeared together at a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/abdulforsenate.com\/2026\/05\/icymi-abdul-el-sayed-and-senator-bernie-sanders-rally-in-detroit\/\">May 3 rally<\/a> in Detroit. Ocasio-Cortez has been more cautious than her progressive mentor in the 2026 campaign cycle, as she refrained from endorsing scandal-plagued <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/graham-platner\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"22643\">Graham Platner <\/a>in Maine and waited until July 2 to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AbdulElSayed\/status\/2072644590583111731\">back el Sayed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">AOC has spent her career taking on the powerful on behalf of everyday people, and she has shown all of us what courageous, smart, values-driven leadership looks like. I&#8217;m deeply honored to earn her endorsement. Onward to victory.<\/p>\n<p>2018\u27a1\ufe0f2026 <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5U149jlP44\">pic.twitter.com\/5U149jlP44<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AbdulElSayed\/status\/2072644590583111731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 2, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Michigan Democratic Senate primary is on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Either el Sayed or Stevens will face former Rep. Mike Rogers, who is running unopposed in the Republican primary.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez campaign with Abdul el Sayed in Michigan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4355,"featured_media":2628726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AOC-Bernie.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[77374,8334,37975,3981],"class_list":["post-2628725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-abdul-el-sayed","tag-aoc","tag-michigan-politics","tag-sanders"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/AOC-Bernie.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4355"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2628725"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2628729,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2628725\/revisions\/2628729"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2628726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2628725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2628725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2628725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}