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{"id":26192,"date":"2026-07-20T14:02:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/elizabeth-warren-endorses-abdul-el-sayed-in-michigan-senate-race\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:02:37","slug":"elizabeth-warren-endorses-abdul-el-sayed-in-michigan-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/elizabeth-warren-endorses-abdul-el-sayed-in-michigan-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Warren endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary on Monday morning, adding another big name to the former public health official\u2019s collection of coveted progressive backers.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed, who is running against Rep. Haley Stevens to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, has already been endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) \u2014 both of whom appeared alongside him at a rally in Michigan on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Michigan primary is one of the highest-profile battles between the Democratic Party\u2019s surging left flank and moderate members of the party, and it&#8217;s taking place in a seat considered essential to Democrats\u2019 plan to regain control of the Senate in the upcoming midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted to social media, Warren touted El-Sayed\u2019s populist economic platform and vow to not take corporate money while taking a jab at primary opponent Stevens, who has benefitted from a slew of outside spending on the race \u2014 including nearly $30 million from the AIPAC-aligned United Democracy Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichiganders deserve a senator who will fight for you, not for special interests running millions of dollars in TV ads to buy this seat,\u201d Warren said. \u201cAnd make no mistake: Abdul is the only candidate in this race who can build the grassroots movement needed to win in November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peters, for his part, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/07\/13\/congress\/gary-peters-michigan-senate-endorsement-00994823\" target=\"_blank\">has endorsed Stevens<\/a>. The winner of the primary will face former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers in November.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary on Monday morning, adding another big name to the former public health official\u2019s collection of coveted progressive backers. El-Sayed, who is running against Rep. Haley Stevens to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, has already been endorsed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}