WASHINGTON, United States (US): Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for the US Senate, defeating Representative Haley Stevens in a closely fought primary, according to the Associated Press on Wednesday, Anadolu Ajansi reported.
El-Sayed will face former Republican Representative Mike Rogers, who ran unopposed, in the November 3 midterm election.
The seat is open following the retirement of Senator Gary Peters and is considered crucial to Democratic hopes of regaining control of the Senate.
Stevens later said she would support El-Sayed in the general election.
“Tomorrow we begin to mend fences,” El-Sayed told supporters before the AP called the race.
The former Wayne County health director campaigned on Medicare for All, campaign finance reform, and ending US military aid to Israel.
He was backed by Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Senator Chris Van Hollen said the result “should be a wake-up call to the Washington Democratic establishment”.
Stevens, a four-term congresswoman backed by Peters, focused her campaign on manufacturing and argued she was better positioned to defeat Rogers.
Her campaign also benefited from tens of millions of dollars in outside spending, including what was reported to be the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s largest-ever investment in a single race. – BERNAMA-ANADOLU
