Michigan Democratic Rift: El‑Sayed Bans Former Rival Stevens from Campaign Event
In a move that may distract voters, the Senate hopeful tells the congresswoman to stay away, citing concerns over an ongoing fight.
Abdul El‑Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, faces off against fellow Democrat Haley Stevens, a U.S. Representative from the same state who once challenged him in a primary.
According to a source familiar with the campaign, El‑Sayed told Stevens to stay away from his events and disinvited her from a planned appearance on Sunday.
"A source said El‑Sayed does not want the ongoing fight with Stevens to distract."
Original reporting
The Hill
El-Sayed drops Stevens from campaign event
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) told Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.), his once primary opponent, to stay away from his campaign events and disinvited her from a planned appearance on Sunday, a source familiar confirmed to NewsNation, The Hill’s broadcasting partner. The source said El-Sayed does not want the ongoing fight with Stevens to distract…
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Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign disinvites Haley Stevens from events to limit ‘distractions’
A public spat has cast Democratic tensions in the spotlight as the close US Senate race draws to a head Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s tightly fought US Senate race, has asked Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens to stay away from his campaign events. “I don’t want any distractions,” El-Sayed told reporters after a campaign rally, according to the New York Times. “It seems as though other folks are more interested in making this race about things that it’s not about.” Continue reading...
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Advisor to Clyburn says El-Sayed can’t disinvite Stevens from unity event
An advisor to Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D) cannot disinvite his former primary opponent Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) from a scheduled event on Sunday in Detroit, Mich. “This is not Abdul’s event,” Antjuan Seawright, an advisor to Clyburn, told The New York Times Saturday afternoon. “The invitation still stands.” El-Sayed was…
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Facts this version was allowed to use
- Abdul El-Sayed is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Michigan.
- Haley Stevens is a Democratic U.S. Representative from Michigan and was once Abdul El-Sayed's primary opponent.
- Abdul El-Sayed told Haley Stevens to stay away from his campaign events and disinvited her from a planned appearance on Sunday, according to a source familiar, confirmed to NewsNation.
- A source said El-Sayed does not want the ongoing fight with Stevens to distract.
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