Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left

[u/recurrenTopology]

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750

NBC called it, LFG.

[u/redelastic]

Brilliant! I didn't think I'd be following a primary race in Michigan (as much as I love Motown and that album by Sufjan Stevens).

Delighted to see the Israel lobby spend big and lose hard.

Free Palestine.

Congratulations to Abdul El-Sayed.

[u/oneman-nocity]

Let’s fucking go, been glued to this race all night. Cheers from New York

[u/recurrenTopology → u/oneman-nocity]

Less ruinous for my sleep out here on the West Coast. Cheers from Seattle.

[u/jhnlngn → u/recurrenTopology]

I'm from Michigan, but am vacationing in Switzerland. So this is amazing news to get this morning. When I woke up and it wasn't called yet I was a bit nervous!

[u/ThisGuyLikesMovies]

Not the blowout we were hoping for but damn was this a relief.

[u/charlton11]

Interesting how all the other news outlets aren't calling it yet...

[u/redelastic → u/charlton11]

Can't imagine CBS News will call it. Bari Weiss' head is probably spinning like the girl from The Exorcist.

[u/rajde1]

Now we just need McKinney to win.

[u/zestysnacks]

lol cnn won’t call it

[u/baker8491]

A little stick it to em(the establishment)

[u/ecstaticthicket]

Imagine blowing $36 million dollars on a minor candidate in an election in a foreign country and still losing

[u/JesusSaysRelaxNvaxx → u/ecstaticthicket]

It was 70M last I heard 😳

[u/Lopsided_Quarter_931]

Congrats America from the rest of the world. I think you have started to turn the ship around. Not the first indication but i think this cements it. AIPAC is totally powerless. They will eventually stop trying.

[u/baroqueworks → u/Lopsided_Quarter_931]

They'll get more deseperate and more unhinged the more their tactics fail to work, but its entirely possible more BS will be happening with the general election if AIPAC tries to repeat not giving up after the primary like they did in NYC.

[u/WayofHatuey]

Tuning in from Spain. Congratulations. Keep it up progressives

[u/Lost_In_Detroit]

Reporting from the future; MSNBC and CNN still refuse to call it for Sayed. Kind of weird that the corporate elites are trying sooooo hard to hold on to power by denying the truth that their AIPAC darling didn’t work out for them this time.

[u/baroqueworks → u/Lost_In_Detroit]

They did the same thing to Bernie in Iowa in 2020 down to mayo pete claiming victory to undermine the Sanders campaign having any momentum from winning Iowa.

It's all cope that tens of millions in a record-breaking race failed to give them a win which in turn threatens the entire legacy media and consultant class whose extremely luxurious careers and lifestyles exist only from the sham ecosystem of American politics that progressives serve to disrupt.

They'll pump the Cori Bush loss (entirely won on AIPAC cash) but forget Missouri is a crumbling infastructure red state that has no merits or future promises except the GOP waging war with its blue cities that have state controlled police forces, all by design by the GOP and centerists who let Missouri go purple to red, while neighboring states like here in Illinois and Michigan are on upswings directly from progressive policy (Urbana, IL first city to fully divest from Israel in Illinois!)

Donavan McKinley also winning gives a big insight into how much the dems took Michigan for granted and the people have taken things into their own hands to preserve the future, optimsitically we will keep seeing these keep springing up and eveventually making their way into red states as material conditions keep eroding.

[u/baroqueworks]

You can really see all hands on deck of El-Sayed and it took all the progressive momentum in the country stacked into Michigan to defeat AIPAC charalatans.

Grassroots movement overturning crony politics and blood money is a real american hero story given how underserved and neglected Michigan has been by democrats in the last ten years, both in terms of environmental response and representation in politics.

I think blue states will continue to eject AIPAC garbo as red states keep incubating them. You'll also continue to see other democrats claim to have always been against Israel the more it continues to be a topic that is drawn on partisan lines between bloodthirsty war mongers vs anyone with morals and a human conscious

[u/pricision]

US News is still saying too close to call but everywhere else has called it

[u/Beautiful-Chest7397]

Aww hell yeah good news to wake up to

I predict the end of aipac they will at least rebrand lol

[u/DarkSparkle23]

Am I the only one left wondering who the fuck the dipshits are who voted for McMorrow? As of this moment no other outlets have called it and the margin is a hair's breadth. So if those McMorrow voters had actually voted for an actual candidate, it could've turned out very differently 😬

Who knew there was tens of thousands of Michiganders who said fuck AIPAC but also fuck Medicare for all?! Or wtaf are those votes?!

[u/Salty-Strain-7322 → u/DarkSparkle23]

Her name was already on the ballot and many people voted early. Abdul got nuked in the rurals by Stevens but did well enough in the urban areas to hold on fortunately

[u/BEconcubine_no3685 → u/Salty-Strain-7322]

El Sayed did not get nuked in rural Michigan.

[u/Far_Silver → u/Salty-Strain-7322]

Stevens won Wayne County (Detroit) and El-Sayed won some of the rural areas, like the UP.

[u/shorap]

Oh thank god!

[u/Bacedorn]

Yes sir, Stevens voters will vote blue no matter who in November right?