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Senate hopeful Haley Stevens knows how to win in Michigan. Democrats must decide if that's enough

Stevens argues that her record of winning competitive races makes her the strongest Democratic candidate for the Senate seat.

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Haley Stevens is making electability her case in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, while Abdul El-Sayed argues Democrats can win without moving to the middle. The article describes party leaders’ backing for Stevens and the competing grassroots and labor support for El-Sayed.

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Michigan Senate candidate and U.S. representative making an electability case

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Democratic Senate candidate challenging Stevens in the Michigan primary

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Senate candidate who suspended her campaign

Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President cited as another politician who built an anti-establishment coalition in Michigan

Bernie Sanders
I · VT · SEN

Senator cited as a historical example of a candidate who challenged the party establishment

Republican Senate candidate and potential general-election opponent

Former Michigan governor used as a comparison for successful statewide campaigning

Chuck Schumer
D · NY · SEN

Senate Democratic leader backing Stevens

Democratic nominee in Maine whose planned withdrawal is cited as a concern for the party

Debbie Stabenow
Former U.S. Senator (D-MI)

Former senator backing Stevens

ALSO MENTIONED  Dana Nessel, Michigan attorney general who endorsed Stevens; Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan governor cited as a comparison for successful statewide campaigning; Hillary Clinton, Former presidential candidate mentioned in a comparison with Sanders’s 2016 Michigan primary

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Haley Stevens Makes Electability Case in Michigan Senate Race

Haley Stevens is making her record of winning competitive races the centerpiece of her campaign in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary against Abdul El-Sayed. Center outlets frame the primary as a test of whether Stevens’s electability argument will persuade voters over El-Sayed’s progressive alternative; they present the choice as unresolved.

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