‘Voters are fed up’: Michigan primary forces Democratic party to accept leftwing shift

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:00:05 GMT

With Abdul El-Sayed’s win, the party’s leftwing insurgency had breached the walls of a midwestern swing state, forcing a reckoning about Democrats’ direction and leadershipStanding before The Spirit of Detroit, a landmark bronze statue in the city’s downtown, in the early hours of a Wednesday morning, Abdul El-Sayed channelled boxing great Muhammad Ali. “We shook up the world,” he declared.The 41-year-old former public health official had just delivered a knockout blow to the Democratic establishment, defeating the US congresswoman Haley Stevens to claim the party’s nomination for the Senate in swing state Michigan. Continue reading...

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