Far-left Mich. Dem Abdul El-Sayed beats Rep. Haley Stevens in record-breaking US Senate primary

DETROIT, Mich.— Far-left Dr.

Abdul El-Sayed on Tuesday defeated Dem Rep.Haley Stevens in a nail-biter finish in the party’s record-breaking primary for a US Senate seat, marking a huge win for progressives against the establishment.More than $80 million was spent on the Michigan race, making it the most expensive Senate Democratic primary ever, according to AdImpact.El-Sayed, who got his medical degree from Columbia University, had been the polling favorite against Stevens in the Michigan race, and his clinching of the Democratic nomination sets up a critical test about whether the far left can ultimately succeed in a swing state, as the doctor gears up for a showdown with Republican Mike Rogers.The victory marks a comeback for El-Sayed, who was walloped by Gov.

Gretchen Whitmer in the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial primary by 22 points.It is also one of the first big breakthroughs of the far-left flank of the party outside liberal strongholds this cycle.It occurred in a state that was the birthplace of the “uncommitted” movement against Dem former President Joe Biden in 2024 and that had backed Sen.

Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the 2016 Dem presidential primary.Should he go on to win the general election, El-Sayed will become the first Muslim elected to the Senate in US history.At his watch party in metro Detroit, home to a large concentration of Arab American and Muslim voters, several backers were seen performing Islamic prayer.Rogers said the bruising Democratic primary would hamper his challenger in November.“Whoever comes out of it is going to have a coalition problem.

Remember, voting starts in about five or six weeks.We’re in an election cycle now,” Rogers told The Post hours before El-Sayed’s primary win.“We’ve been building toward that day.

They’ve been fighting each other and moving further and further to the left.”Tuesday’s primaries saw other victories for progressives, with “Squad” Rep.Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), state Rep...