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Doctor Abdul El-Sayed has narrowly won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, projected to defeat Congresswoman Haley Stevens by just one percent — a victory seen as a major win for the progressive wing of the party. Running on bold platforms like Medicare for All and anti-corruption pledges, El-Sayed drew support from AOC and Bernie Sanders, while Stevens, backed by Governor Whitmer, was viewed as the establishment favorite. After the call, El-Sayed celebrated with a triumphant X post, while Stevens congratulated him and pledged to fight together in November against Republican Mike Rogers. Trump dismissed the win as “great news for the GOP” and called El-Sayed a “Communist loser,” but analysts see this race as a bellwether for Democratic realignment across the country. The stage is now set for a fiery general election showdown between El-Sayed and Rogers, who ran unopposed in his primary.

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