# Former rival dodges full-throated El-Sayed endorsement after bitter Senate primary

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/former-rival-dodges-full-throated-el-sayed-endorsement-after-bitter-senate-primary/
- Published: 2026-10-27T17:21:35+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-27T18:51:45+00:00
- Original publisher: Fox News (publisher lean: Far right)
- Original article: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/top-michigan-dem-dodges-full-throated-el-sayed-endorsement-bitter-senate-primary
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Stevens stopped short of offering El-Sayed a full endorsement.
- She says outreach to Black voters she urged has not happened.
- El-Sayed faces Mike Rogers in a key Michigan Senate race.

## Summary

Representative Haley Stevens has avoided saying she is “fully behind” Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee who narrowly defeated her in Michigan’s bitter primary. Her comments highlight divisions within the state party as El-Sayed seeks support from voters who backed Stevens and competes in a race that could affect control of the Senate.

Asked whether El-Sayed had done enough to reach Black and Jewish voters who supported her, Stevens said she had urged the campaign to arrange a speech in the Black community, but that it had not happened. She said she was on the Democratic ticket and supporting Democratic candidates, while adding that she did not agree with everything that had happened. El-Sayed faces Republican Mike Rogers in the contest to succeed retiring Senator Gary Peters; his progressive platform includes Medicare for all and ending US military aid to Israel.

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