Sen.Gary Peters, D-Mich., is confident that far-left Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed will defeat Republican nominee Mike Rogers in the race to replace him in the Senate, despite having endorsed El-Sayed’s primary rival, Rep.
Haley Stevens.El-Sayed, known as a progressive insurgent, will go head-to-head with Michigan’s Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers in the upcoming midterm elections.El-Sayed’s victory marks yet another win for the left-wing Democrats in this year’s primaries that have been battling to defeat the current Democratic establishment."I think if you look at the issues broadly, the differences between Abdul El-Sayed and Rogers when it comes to fighting for families in Michigan, it's pretty broad," Peters said to Fox News Digital when asked if his far-left positions could give Republicans a boost in Michigan.2026 MIDTERMS STATE OF PLAY: KEY RACES UNFOLD AS STEVENS, EL-SAYED BATTLE IN MICHIGANAbdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S.
Senate in Michigan, films a social media video at a pool party for content creators supporting his campaign, Monday, Aug.3, 2026, in Detroit.
(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)He continued, "And in the end, that's why he will prevail."Peters’ endorsement of Stevens over El-Sayed was part of a broader effort by mainstream Democrats to beat out another progressive candidate, as Republicans largely viewed El-Sayed winning as a boost for their party’s chances to flip Michigan’s Senate seat.Rogers told Fox News Digital in an interview prior to the primary results that he would "beat either one of those candidates," but that El-Sayed has "his own special sauce of crazy."The race between Stevens and El-Sayed was strenuous as it became a determining factor of whether Democrats could win the majority back in the Senate.
More than $80 million was poured into this primary, qualifying it as the most expensive Democratic Senate nomination race in history.DEMS' LEFTWARD LURCH G...