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strikeAug 5, 2026

Abdul El-Sayed Secures Far-Left’s Biggest Victory Yet Over Dem Establishment

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Michigan Democrats on Tuesday elevated leftist firebrand Abdul El-Sayed to the party’s U.S. Senate nomination, marking the biggest triumph yet for the ascendant far-Left and a humiliating defeat for the establishment’s old guard, who failed to stop him from advancing to a pivotal November clash with Trump-endorsed…

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    Michigan Democrats on Tuesday elevated leftist firebrand Abdul El-Sayed to the party’s U.S. Senate nomination, marking the biggest triumph yet for the ascendant far-Left and a humiliating defeat for the establishment’s old guard, who failed to stop him from advancing to a pivotal…

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