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In the US midterm elections, the Senate race in Michigan has been one of the most closely watched in the country. It took an unexpected turn on Sunday after Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. Both candidates made their final pitches to voters during campaign rallies on Monday evening, November 2. FRANCE 24's Jessica Le Masurier reports.
Democrats sought on Monday, November 2, to contain a rift in Michigan's US Senate race after one of their own crossed party lines to endorse the Republican candidate, as both parties made final pitches before midterm elections that will decide control of Congress. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle has more.
Watching Congresswoman Haley Stevens attempt to explain her 11th-hour endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers over her fellow Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in Tuesday’s election to become the next United States Senator from Michigan, my primary feeling was one of relief. Thank God this person didn’t beat El-Sayed in the primary, despite outspending him in a landslide. […]
El-Sayed dismisses Stevens’ backing of Republican Senate candidate
US President Donald Trump praised Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens for endorsing Republican Mike Rogers.
US Democrat Haley Stevens from Michigan was heckled as a ‘traitor’, after endorsing Republican Mike Rogers.
Stevens’s endorsement of Mike Rogers comes after a bitter dispute with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.
Stevens, who lost the primary to Abdul El-Sayed, shifts support to Republican Mike Rogers days before midterm election.
Haley Stevens had lost the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan to Abdul El-Sayed earlier this year.
