{"id":2637147,"date":"2026-07-29T09:53:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/el-sayed-stays-ahead-of-stevens-in-final-week-of-michigan-senate-primary\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:55:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:55:06","slug":"el-sayed-stays-ahead-of-stevens-in-final-week-of-michigan-senate-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/el-sayed-stays-ahead-of-stevens-in-final-week-of-michigan-senate-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"El Sayed stays ahead of Stevens in final week of 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\">26<\/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%2Fel-sayed-stays-ahead-of-stevens-in-final-week-of-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=2637147&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>Abdul el Sayed, a progressive former public health official, is leading in Michigan\u2019s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat, currently maintaining a notable lead over Rep. Haley Stevens according to the latest internal poll. The race is closely watched, with polls showing El Sayed ahead by single digits, though some fluctuate with Stevens leading slightly at times. The primary has been characterized by ideological differences, notably El Sayed\u2019s socialist-backed, anti-establishment stance contrasting with Stevens\u2019 pro-Israel Democrat support endorsed by party leaders like Chuck Schumer. The candidates have clashed over issues including AIPAC, campaign funding, and Israel policies, with a final debate highlighting these divides. el Sayed\u2019s recent controversial remark about John Fetterman gained attention, but he clarified it was a critique of Fetterman\u2019s policies and values. the winning candidate will face Republican Mike Rogers, who is backed by Donald Trump.Even though Michigan has strong Democratic depiction and endorsements, the state remains a battleground, especially with recent Republican victories and its status as a toss-up for the Senate. The primary outcome also raises questions about El Sayed\u2019s potential 2028 presidential ambitions.  <\/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\">Progressive former public health official <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abdul-el-sayed\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"23138\">Abdul el Sayed<\/a> is maintaining his lead over establishment-backed Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4663052\/whitmer-backs-haley-stevens-michigan-senate-race\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4663052\">Haley Stevens<\/a> (D-MI) in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-primary\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2328\">Democratic primary<\/a> for Michigan\u2019s Senate seat as primary day inches closer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Sayed led Stevens by a 10-percentage-point margin in the latest Tavern Research internal poll, which was first <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/f\/?id=0000019f-ad31-dd42-ab9f-ed37d29a0000&#038;nname=playbook&#038;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&#038;nrid=849aba7f-f4d5-44d1-8dff-3ca5fb878b65\">reported<\/a> by <em>Politico<\/em>. The margin is a growth indicator for el Sayed\u2019s campaign, which was ahead by just single digits in the pollster\u2019s last survey on the race, when state Sen. Mallory McMorrow was still campaigning. McMorrow has since dropped out of the race but is still on the ballot.<\/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\/4667064\/el-sayed-stays-ahead-stevens-final-week-primary-undecided-voters-outsize-lead\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>El Sayed stays ahead of Stevens in final week of Michigan primary, but undecided voters outsize his lead<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/videos\/4666615\/saves-act-veteran-service-dogs-taxpayer-fund-lengthy-pricey-nonprofit-aid\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Should taxpayer dollars pay for veterans\u2019 service dogs? Congress is deciding<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4666951\/georgia-special-election-runoff-13th-district\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Two Democrats head to runoff in special election for Georgia\u2019s 13th District<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the heated primary to replace retiring Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gary-peters\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1182\">Gary Peters<\/a> (D-MI) as the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate seat, el Sayed has largely led in the polls by single digits, save for a few polls that have had him up by double digits or Stevens leading by a few points. The race has been a bellwether fight between el Sayed\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4633690\/aoc-endorses-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-primary-anti-establishment-momentum\/\">socialist-backed<\/a>, anti-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/aipac\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2620\">American Israel Public Affairs Committee<\/a> messaging, and Stevens\u2019 commitment to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pro-israel\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"3638\">pro-Israel<\/a> Democratic rhetoric hailed by party leaders like Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"384\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY).<\/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\">The two Democratic candidates faced off in<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4665388\/el-sayed-stevens-final-michigan-senate-debate\/\"> a final debate on Monday night<\/a>, in which they sparred mainly over AIPAC, campaign funding, and their views on Israel-related policy. El Sayed also answered for his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4665081\/michigan-abdul-el-sayed-ogre-on-a-pike-leak\/\">controversial comment<\/a> about Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\">John Fetterman<\/a> (D-PA), in which he said he would ideally \u201cput one ogre on a pike, and then everyone else gets the message,\u201d which was also first reported by <em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI was referring to a guy named John Fetterman, who\u2019s a senator from Pennsylvania who has done terrible things, got elected on a set of values, and is now completely throwing those values in the mud,\u201d said el Sayed, who has criticized Fetterman\u2019s vehement support of Israel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tavern Research conducted the survey from Sunday, July 26, through Monday, July 27, and el Sayed\u2019s comment was first reported by <em>Politico<\/em> on Monday.<\/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\">The winner of Michigan\u2019s Democratic primary on Aug. 4 will take on Republican candidate former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), who is backed by President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4665073\/abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-leaked-comments-2028-haley-stevens\/\">ABDUL EL SAYED\u2019S 2028 AMBITIONS CLOUD MICHIGAN SENATE RACE AGAINST HALEY STEVENS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Michigan currently has two Democratic U.S. Senators and Democratic Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gretchen-whitmer\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2550\">Gretchen Whitmer<\/a> (D-MI), who endorsed Stevens, Trump won Michigan in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2016-elections\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"5\">2016<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"522\">2024<\/a>. Cook Political Report rates the Senate race in the purple state as a toss-up.<\/p>\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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers has competed to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate before, falling to current Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elissa-slotkin\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11673\">Elissa Slotkin<\/a> (D-MI) in 2024 by just about a 19,000-vote, or 0.3-percentage-point margin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Sayed leads Stevens by 10 points in Michigan primary poll<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2637148,"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\/2026\/07\/AP26189067784672_d38d83.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81734,37148,82200,35288,82382],"class_list":["post-2637147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-el-sayed","tag-election-update","tag-michigan-senate-primary","tag-political-campaigns","tag-stevens"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP26189067784672_d38d83.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637147","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\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2637147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2637151,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2637147\/revisions\/2637151"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2637148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2637147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2637147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2637147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}