# Stevens cannot pinpoint reason for backing Republican Rogers in Senate race

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/haley-stevens-struggles-to-explain-what-sparked-decision-to-support-el-sayeds-opponent-amid-democrat-pile-on/
- Published: 2026-11-02T07:13:22+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T07:32:42+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16257877/Haley-Stevens-El-Sayed-CNN-Anderson-Cooper.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers after losing Michigan’s Democratic primary.
- She could not pinpoint a specific reason for her overnight reversal.
- Cooper challenged her over her earlier criticism of Rogers.

## Summary

Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race, despite having told Democrats hours earlier that she would not support him. The decision, made after she lost the Democratic primary to Abdul El-Sayed, prompted criticism from party figures, resignations among her staff and praise from President Donald Trump.

In a CNN interview, Anderson Cooper repeatedly asked Stevens what had changed overnight, but she did not identify a specific turning point. She said she had reflected alone and cited concerns about El-Sayed’s anger; Cooper questioned whether her exclusion from a Detroit church event or El-Sayed’s conduct explained the reversal. He also challenged her earlier warning that Rogers would help give Republicans another Senate seat.

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