Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, notching a Midwest victory for the left
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/abdul-el-sayed-wins-michigans-democratic-senate-primary-notching-midwe-rcna589750
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Malyca@lemmy.zip · 50 pts · 49d
Yes! Eat shit closet Republicans!
madcaesar@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 49d
Republicans and AIPAC dumped MILLIONS against him, calling him everything and anything from their shitty playbook and he still won.
Why? Because he wants Medicare for all, tax the billionaires, abolish ICE
That's what all Democrats should be running on, instead the establishment is fighting AGAINST people like Abdul and Zohran.
daannii@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 49d
Congrats Michigan!
NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io · 26 pts · 49d
The Muslim invasion of the West continues, one free healthcare at a time.
Here's hoping this goes as well for them as Hillary's Trump gambit did for her.
NekoKoneko@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 49d
Their belief is probably just that his very Muslim-sounding name and chanting "socialist" is enough for them to propagandize his general election bid and scare off enough closet racists in the center.
I wish I could be confident that that won't work. But as Trump proved, propaganda can work and work well, and anti-Muslim sentiment has been a daily staple for Fox News and the right for decades. I just hope that people surprise me.
chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 49d
If he wins in the general, I'll be very happy for Michigan and the country in general for electing yet another progressive.
Also, get bent Whitmer, you massive disappointment of a data center-loving establishment Democrat. You may have did some good things, but you're still a neoliberal.
Suavevillain@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 49d
I'm glad folks did not let a woman who said Israel comes to me in my dreams be the winner man lol.
Godric@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 49d
Don't count those chickens yet, race is still too close to call according to every other news organization.
Edit: Hatched!
Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 49d
LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO!
workerONE@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 49d
Nyt is saying the race is too close to call with 95% of the vote in
joe@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 49d
To be fair, it's difficult to call a close primary election. In general elections, if the, for example, Republican candidate is behind and there are only Democratic leaning areas with votes left to count, you can safely call that election before all the votes are counted.
In a primary, it's Democratic candidate vs Democratic candidate, (or RvR) so there are no shortcuts to use to call it early. The only shortcut available is if one candidate is farther ahead than there are votes left to count.
It also looks like the AP hasn't yet called it either.
gwulgg@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 49d
notsure@fedia.io · 3 pts · 49d
Did the people stand up? Let's set the democrat establishment against them...