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2026-11-03 · Washington Examiner · Politics

Democrats rally around el Sayed after Stevens defection in final hours of campaign

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2026-11-02 · Washington Examiner · Politics

Haley Stevens’s Mike Rogers endorsement stuns black voters in Michigan

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2026-11-01 · Washington Examiner · Politics

Michigan Democrats in disarray after Haley Stevens endorses Mike Rogers and gets kicked out of party

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2026-11-01 · Washington Examiner · Politics

Democrats’ self-inflicted wounds threaten high-stakes Michigan Senate race

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2026-10-31 · Washington Examiner · Politics

El Sayed asks Haley Stevens to stay away from campaign events in dramatic 11th-hour feud escalation

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2026-11-04 · Washington Examiner · Politics

Abdul el Sayed defeats Mike Rogers in Michigan race, poised to become first Muslim senator

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2026-08-28 · Washington Examiner

🔮 One of the defining questions of the 2026 midterm elections is whether voters will still cross party lines in prominent statewide races or whether polarization has made straight-ticket voting the default. assertive

2026-08-31 · Washington Examiner

🔮 Recommended Stories The former Fox News host and onetime adviser to former British Prime Minister David Cameron thinks Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is not much of a leader; Democratic gubernatorial nominee Xavier Becerra is a career politician with little to show for his years in public service; and California voters are increasingly ready to break with the Democratic establishment that has governed the state for decades. He also thinks he can win in November. That may sound like a long shot in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by millions of voters and no Republican has won the governor’s mansion since 2006. assertive

2026-09-10 · Washington Examiner

🔮 ‘Divorce is not an option’ Newsom said Democrats cannot afford to retreat from audiences that may be hostile to them. assertive

2026-09-15 · Washington Examiner

🔮 Newsom said he would not challenge his fellow Californian, describing a Newsom-Harris primary as “mutual assured destruction” because their political networks, donors, and supporters overlap so heavily. assertive

2026-09-17 · Washington Examiner

🔮 The governor later added that he hoped Trump “will leave the bluster and showmanship at the door and engage proactively and productively and responsibly on this issue.” assertive

2026-09-19 · Washington Examiner

🔮 Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel thinks Democrats may finally be in a position to win some of it back. assertive

2026-09-22 · Washington Examiner

🔮 She was campaigning alongside Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed, who is facing Republican Mike Rogers for the seat held by retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) in a contest that could help determine Senate control. assertive

2026-09-24 · Washington Examiner

🔮 But a new poll also suggests the GOP’s effort to make Piker a central issue may have limits: Many voters do not know who the social media figure is. assertive

2026-09-25 · Washington Examiner

🔮 Xavier Becerra may have a commanding lead in California’s gubernatorial race, but voters don’t seem particularly excited about him. assertive

2026-10-02 · Washington Examiner

🔮 Massachusetts Republicans could have their best chance in decades at winning House seats under a “good government” proposal that California political operatives want to reverse in their state. assertive

2026-10-02 · Washington Examiner

🔮 California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) vetoed legislation this week that would have strengthened oversight of the state’s troubled high-speed rail project. assertive

2026-10-06 · Washington Examiner

🔮 California leaders have criticized President Donald Trump after remarks on Monday that were interpreted by his opponents as a suggestion that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego. assertive

2026-10-09 · Washington Examiner

🔮 Rogers then raised the possibility that el Sayed might oppose such surveillance because someone in his family could appear on a watch list, prompting the Democrat to challenge him to make his insinuation explicit. assertive

2026-10-09 · Washington Examiner

🔮 Neither candidate landed a decisive blow in Michigan’s first Senate debate, but the exchange exposed the political liabilities both must overcome in a race that could determine control of the chamber: Mike Rogers’s ties to President Donald Trump and Abdul el Sayed’s challenge in winning over voters beyond his progressive base. assertive

2026-10-22 · Washington Examiner

🔮 Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul el Sayed sparred over patriotism, the economy, healthcare, and Iran during their final debate Wednesday night, with each candidate spending much of the hour trying to tie the other to a political movement that some Michiganders may find unattractive. mixed

2026-10-29 · Washington Examiner

🔮 Turkish, a disabilities and civil rights attorney from Huntington Woods, told the Washington Examiner that he had hoped el Sayed would use the time since winning the Democratic primary to move beyond the divisions over Israel and unite the party. assertive

2026-10-30 · Washington Examiner

🔮 The four chairs they needed would add another $175 each. assertive

2026-11-01 · Washington Examiner

🔮 Rep. Haley Stevens’s (D-MI) stunning endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers widened an already bitter feud with Abdul el Sayed, the Democratic nominee who narrowly defeated her in August’s primary, and injected fresh turmoil into a Senate race that could determine which party controls the chamber. mixed

2026-11-03 · Washington Examiner

🔮 In Birmingham, Andrew Siff said he voted for Rogers because he did not believe an el Sayed victory would be in the best interest of the Jewish community. assertive

2026-11-04 · Washington Examiner

🔮 Rogers argued that el Sayed’s single-payer proposal would cost trillions of dollars and limit patients’ choices. assertive