Democrats to choose between progressive and establishment candidate in Michigan as McMorrow drops out
Michigan Democrats will now decide between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and establishment candidate Haley Stevens after Mallory McMorrow withdrew from the primary race.
Progressive Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed has emerged as the party's frontrunner in the Michigan primary campaign after Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the race. El-Sayed, a supporter of Medicare for all who would be the first Muslim US senator, has drawn high-profile backing from leaders of the American left, including Vermont senator Bernie Sanders and New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who endorsed him last week.
He will go head-to-head with the Democratic 'establishment' candidate Haley Stevens, a congresswoman, in the bid for the party's nomination. McMorrow's retreat also marks the end of a center-left bid to hold the seat being vacated this year by the Democrat Gary Peters. The three-way primary contest was a close one earlier in the campaign, but polls indicated that McMorrow's support had plunged in recent weeks, as El-Sayed raced past her and Stevens to emerge as the frontrunner.
Meanwhile, Stevens, a moderate Democrat, has the support of Chuck Schumer, the Senate Democratic leader, and Super Pacs have spent more than $16m on her campaign, including pro-Israel groups such as the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) outraged by El-Sayed's refusal to say that nation has a right to exist as a Jewish state.
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