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Democrat Stevens defends endorsement switch

November 4, 2026

BBC reports that Democrat Stevens defends endorsement switch to Republican Rogers two days before election. Democrat endorses Republican candidate in key Michigan Senate race as party spat erupts.

AP News and AP report that Republicans opted to run it back with Rogers after his razor-thin 2024 loss, when Slotkin prevailed even as Trump won Michigan by more than a percentage point. AP News and AP report that the campaign also featured bitter attacks over El-Sayed's criticism of Israel. AP News and AP report that Rogers tried to expand his support among Democrats and independents, particularly Black and Jewish voters.

BBC reports that Democrat Stevens defends endorsement switch to Republican Rogers two days before election. The discord culminated two days before the election when Stevens endorsed Rogers after appearing at church with him, saying that El-Sayed had not done enough to address the concerns of some communities, AP News reports. These tensions came to a boiling point just two days before the election, when his primary rival Stevens stunned the political world by endorsing Rogers, saying El-Sayed hadn’t done enough to condemn an ad by a super PAC not affiliated with his campaign that had been criticized as antisemitic, Vox reports. Democrat endorses Republican candidate in key Michigan Senate race as party spat erupts, BBC reports. Democrat Haley Stevens endorses GOP candidate for Michigan Senate after spat with El-Sayed, The Globe and Mail reports.

Al Jazeera reports that Democrat Abdul el-Sayed has won the race for an open United States Senate seat in Michigan, defeating Republican Mike Rogers. Why Michigan became the Senate race to watch, CBC News reports.

AP News and AP report that Republicans opted to run it back with Rogers after his razor-thin 2024 loss, when Slotkin prevailed even as Trump won Michigan by more than a percentage point. AP News and AP report that the campaign also featured bitter attacks over El-Sayed's criticism of Israel. AP News and AP report that Rogers tried to expand his support among Democrats and independents, particularly Black and Jewish voters. AP News and AP report that but the political environment raised a fresh challenge for the Republican nominee. AP News and AP report that Democrats across the country secured sweeping victories, winning in both battleground and deep-red states to claim control of both chambers of Congress. AP News and AP report that El-Sayed faced criticism from some in Michigan's Jewish community over his rhetoric, including his statement that "hurt people hurt people" following an attack on a Michigan synagogue earlier this year. According to AP News and AP, Rogers said, "The war with Iran needs to end, and end quickly". AP News and AP report that El-Sayed has been a staunch critic of Israel. Benson is an attorney who graduated from Harvard Law School and taught law at Wayne State University, where she went on to be dean, NBC News reports. Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has won the US Senate election in Michigan, according to a race call by the Associated Press, NPR reports. Democratic Socialists of America projected to win two in three races | Fox News, Fox News reports. Republicans had cleared the field for Rogers, a former congressman who narrowly lost a Senate race to then-Rep. Elissa Slotkin two years ago, AP News and AP report. But Rogers struggled to balance his loyalty to President Donald Trump with concerns over rising prices tied to the war in Iran and economic turmoil from the president's tariffs. Mr Herzog begins two days of consultations with parties at 5pm local time (3pm Irish time), starting with the ultranationalist Religious Zionism, RTÉ reports. According to Politico, Rick Cole said, “The Democratic Party in California, and especially in Los Angeles, has been asleep at the wheel”. Central Elections Committee election results Knesset elections Privacy Protection Authority The Knesset 2026 Israeli election Noam Sohlberg, Jerusalem Post reports.

AP News and AP agree that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, spent nearly $30 million opposing El-Sayed, its largest investment in a single race. The pro-Israel lobby Aipac, through its Super Pac United Democracy Project, spent about $30m in the primary trying to stop El-Sayed, a record for a single race, The Guardian reports. El-Sayed battled the Democratic establishment-backed US Rep. Haley Stevens in one of the most intense and bitter Democratic primaries in the country, and had to beat back an astonishing $30 million in AIPAC spending on Stevens’s behalf, Vox reports. El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, will become the nation's first Muslim senator, AP News and AP report.

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The Guardian reports that the pro-Israel lobby Aipac, through its Super Pac United Democracy Project, spent about $30m in the primary trying to stop El-Sayed, a record for a single race. El-Sayed battled the Democratic establishment-backed US Rep. Haley Stevens in one of the most intense and bitter Democratic primaries in the country, and had to beat back an astonishing $30 million in AIPAC spending on Stevens’s behalf, Vox reports. El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, will become the nation's first Muslim senator, AP News and AP report.

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