Rivals El-sayed and Stevens Unite in Michigan Senate Race
WHO:
CBS News - Haley Stevens’s fiancé, Jason Turkish, told *The Detroit News* he would vote for Republican nominee Mike Rogers.
CBS News - Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s U.S. Senate race; Rep. Haley Stevens is his former Democratic primary rival and endorsed him after he won the nomination.
The New York Times - Stevens is a centrist who lost to El-Sayed by less than one percentage point in the August primary and is a strong supporter of Israel.
CBS News - Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers is seeking centrist Democratic voters.
The New York Times - Rep. Debbie Dingell urged El-Sayed and Stevens to campaign together with Rep. James E. Clyburn of South Carolina.
CBS News - Stevens’s fiancé, Jason Turkish, said he would vote for Rogers; Stevens said she would vote for El-Sayed and described them as “a household divided.”
The New York Times - Rebellion PAC created the outside-group ad; its founder, Cenk Uygur, said the ad criticized the Israeli government, not Jewish Americans.
WHAT:
CBS News - Stevens urged El-Sayed to “shut out the hate and to call it out.”
CBS News - Stevens said El-Sayed “promises to get money out of politics,” and that he could begin by “getting Israel out of his explanation for everything Michigan cannot afford.”
The New York Times - Stevens said she expected El-Sayed to disavow Rebellion PAC’s ad and that she had heard of those plans from party leaders and news media.
The New York Times - Stevens described the ad as suggesting that U.S. aid to Israel was the source of rising prices in America.
CBS News - Stevens said El-Sayed should “shut out the hate and to call it out.”
CBS News - El-Sayed said Stevens “seems intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago.”
CBS News - El-Sayed’s campaign said, “No one speaks for Abdul but himself and his campaign.”
The New York Times - After winning the primary, El-Sayed and Stevens appeared together at a unity breakfast, where Stevens said the party had a “good ticket going” and was united.
CBS News - Stevens said El-Sayed had suggested “Israel is the reason Michigan cannot afford schools, health care, and child care.”
CBS News - Stevens said El-Sayed should take down his campaign ad featuring Tucker Carlson.
The New York Times - Stevens said she learned from party leaders and the news media that El-Sayed planned to disavow Rebellion PAC’s ad.
The New York Times - The article said Stevens had questioned El-Sayed’s outreach to Black and Jewish voters during cable news appearances.
The New York Times - During their primary, El-Sayed criticized Stevens’s support from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, calling her “the least capable candidate in America”; Stevens said he wanted to blame his “problems on Jewish Americans.”
CBS News - Stevens said she planned to join El-Sayed and Rep. Jim Clyburn at a Detroit church, but El-Sayed’s campaign announcement about Clyburn’s appearance did not mention her.
The New York Times - Stevens said she learned from party leaders and news media that El-Sayed planned to disavow the outside-group ad; she said, “That is why I accepted Congressman Clyburn’s invitation to appear with Abdul.”
The New York Times - Clyburn said he had spoken with Dingell about the event but would not discuss its planning.
The New York Times - Stevens’s fiancé said he was disappointed El-Sayed had not appeared with Stevens at a news conference the day after the primary and instead appeared with Mallory McMorrow, who dropped out in July and finished third.
The New York Times - The article said the race could determine control of the Senate and that party members worried divisions could hurt Democrats as Election Day approached.
CBS News - El-Sayed and Stevens exchanged public criticism before a planned joint campaign appearance. El-Sayed said Stevens “seems intent on relitigating a primary that ended three months ago.”
The New York Times - Stevens called on El-Sayed to apologize for comments linking Israel to Michigan’s inability to afford schools, health care and child care; disavow an ad she described as antisemitic; and remove his campaign ad featuring Tucker Carlson.
CBS News - Stevens said: “He can begin by getting Israel out of his explanation for everything Michigan cannot afford.”
The New York Times - The Rebellion PAC ad shows shoppers discussing putting eggs back because “we have to set that $7 aside for killing Palestinians,” and criticizes U.S. military aid to Israel. El-Sayed’s campaign said it was not affiliated with the ad “in any way.”
The New York Times - El-Sayed previously apologized to Jewish Democrats for using “hurt people hurt people” after a synagogue attack near Detroit.
WHERE:
CBS News - The planned joint appearance with Clyburn is at a Detroit church; Stevens described it as a “souls to the polls” event.
The New York Times - El-Sayed’s campaign is seeking support among Black and Arab American voters in the Detroit area.
WHEN:
The New York Times - On Wednesday, Stevens said she would not campaign with El-Sayed before the election; on Thursday, a joint appearance was scheduled after Debbie Dingell called El-Sayed and Stevens.
CBS News - The public clash took place Friday, October 30, 2026; the article said the Senate race was days away.
CBS News - El-Sayed and Stevens’s dispute unfolded Friday, ahead of their planned Sunday campaign appearance.
CBS News - The articles describe a planned Sunday campaign appearance and an upcoming Senate election.
The New York Times - Dingell said she called El-Sayed and Stevens after Stevens said she would not campaign with him; the joint appearance was then scheduled.
WHY:
The New York Times - Stevens said the ad “did not invent its argument” but advanced an argument El-Sayed had made on the campaign trail; she said, “I therefore expect him to apologize.”
The New York Times - Stevens said El-Sayed should remove his Tucker Carlson ad out of “respect for Michigan’s Black community.”
The New York Times - Stevens said the outside-group ad advanced an argument El-Sayed had made on the campaign trail, and said, “I therefore expect him to apologize.”
The New York Times - Stevens said the outside-group ad advanced an argument El-Sayed had made on the campaign trail and therefore expected him to apologize.
The New York Times - Clyburn said he would not discuss event planning; he confirmed Dingell had spoken with him.
The New York Times - Dingell said El-Sayed and Stevens “weren’t talking”; she said, “I’m the one that made this happen.”
CBS News - Stevens said El-Sayed should condemn the outside-group ad and remove his Carlson ad “out of respect for Michigan’s Black community.”
HOW:
The New York Times - James Clyburn, who had endorsed Stevens in the primary, said Dingell had spoken with him about planning the joint event.
The New York Times - Tucker Carlson’s campaign ad also features other conservative figures; Carlson has criticized Rogers and defended El-Sayed’s criticism of U.S. foreign policy.
The New York Times - Cenk Uygur said Rebellion PAC and El-Sayed’s campaign did not communicate: “We don’t speak with each other.”
The New York Times - Stevens said she accepted Clyburn’s invitation because she understood El-Sayed would disavow the Rebellion PAC ad; Uygur said El-Sayed could denounce it and that the PAC did not communicate with his campaign.
(UPDATED October 31, 2026 19:56 UTC)
Michigan Senate rivals Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens clashed over Israel-related rhetoric and campaign ads. Stevens demanded an apology; El-Sayed accused her of rehashing their primary. They’re scheduled to campaign together Sunday at a Detroit church.
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(UPDATED October 31, 2026 18:58 UTC)
Michigan Senate nominees Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens clashed publicly ahead of a planned joint appearance. Stevens criticized Israel-related remarks and an outside ad, which El-Sayed’s campaign disavowed. Representative James Clyburn plans to join them at a Detroit church.
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(UPDATED October 31, 2026 14:58 UTC)
Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers are competing for Michigan’s Senate seat. Haley Stevens endorsed El-Sayed, then criticized his Israel-related remarks and an outside-group advertisement. They plan a joint Detroit appearance amid concerns about Democratic divisions.
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(UPDATED October 31, 2026 12:58 UTC)
Michigan Senate Democrats Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens traded criticism before a planned joint appearance. Stevens urged El-Sayed to condemn an ad criticizing Israel and remove his Tucker Carlson campaign ad. They plan to campaign together at a Detroit church.
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(UPDATED October 31, 2026 04:59 UTC)
Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens traded criticism ahead of their planned joint Detroit campaign appearance. Stevens urged El-Sayed to apologize for remarks about Israel and disavow an outside-group ad. El-Sayed’s campaign denied ties to the ad, while Stevens endorsed him after his primary victory.
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(UPDATED October 31, 2026 03:03 UTC)
Michigan Senate Democrats Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens traded criticism before a planned joint campaign appearance. Stevens demanded apologies over comments about Israel and condemned an outside-group ad; El-Sayed disavowed it. The rivals are expected to appear with Representative Jim Clyburn at a Detroit church.
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(UPDATED October 31, 2026 02:00 UTC)
Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and former rival Haley Stevens traded criticism before campaigning together. Stevens urged him to condemn an ad criticizing U.S. support for Israel and apologize. Representative James Clyburn will join them at a Detroit church appearance, arranged by Debbie Dingell.
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(UPDATED October 31, 2026 01:04 UTC)
Michigan Senate Democrats Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens traded criticism before their planned joint Detroit appearance. Stevens demanded apologies, denouncing an outside ad linking grocery costs to aid for Israel. Despite tensions, Stevens endorsed El-Sayed, while Republican Mike Rogers seeks centrist Democratic voters.