Progressive champions Sen.Bernie Sanders and Rep.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will parachute into battleground Michigan's campaign trail this weekend to boost Abdul El-Sayed, the far-left candidate they're supporting in a crucial Democratic Senate primary.Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez will make three campaign trail stops with El-Sayed, a former Wayne County Health Department director who is facing off for the party's nomination against Rep.Haley Stevens, a more moderate lawmaker backed by longtime Senate Democratic Leader Sen.
Chuck Schumer and the establishment.After victories by far-left and socialist candidates over more moderate contenders in deep-blue congressional districts in New York City and Colorado last month drew national attention, Michigan is now the latest battleground in the high-stakes fight between the left-wing and the center-left establishment for the future of the Democratic Party."What you’re seeing here are the two opposing forces of the Democratic Party.Both candidates offer very different visions of what the party and the country should look like," veteran Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo told Fox News Digital.
"The stakes are monumentally high because Democrats have to hold this seat in November."SWING STATE POLL SPELLS TROUBLE FOR FAR LEFT AS SCHUMER BACKED CANDIDATE SOARSU.S.Sen.
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands with Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed after speaking at Mumford High School on May 3, 2026, in Detroit, Mich.(Sarah Rice/Getty Images)The winner of the Aug.
4 Democratic primary will take on former Republican Rep.Mike Rogers, who is on a glide path to the GOP nomination, in the key midterm Senate faceoff to succeed retiring Democratic Sen.
Gary Peters.The rare open Senate seat is a top Republican target in the midterms, as well as a must-hold for the Democrats as they aim to win back the Senate majority from the GOP, which currently controls the chamber with a slim 53-47 margin.The showdown in Michigan became a two-way race a couple...