| Centrist Democrats Would Rather Lose the Senate Than Win With El-Sayed Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., speaks during a primary night watch party at the Hotel Saint Regis Detroit on Aug. 4, 2026.Photo: Finn Gomez/Getty Images Halloween weekend is the last chance for centrist Democrats to stop the nightmare they fear most: Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed, who could be the first Muslim in the Senate. The Michigan Democrat's campaign came under pressure from party moderates days out from the general election to denounce an ad produced by The Young Turks presenter Cenk Uygur and his Rebellion PAC. El-Sayed and his campaign were not involved in the production or distribution of the ad, which tied rising domestic prices to U.S. financial backing of the Israel military. But on Thursday, the campaign made the conciliatory gesture of distancing itself. |
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