Mallory McMorrow dropped out of the Democratic primary for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat on Sunday, drawing the field down to two candidates.McMorrow, a state senator, released a video stating that she would be suspending her campaign, with one month to go before the August 4 primary. Her two opponents in the race, Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed, released statements thanking her for running a hard-fought campaign for the seat.In her video message, she also seemed to indicate that an endorsement of one of her rivals before the primary’s conclusion wasn’t forthcoming: “Whoever wins this primary on August 4th will have my full support.” She also reiterated her calls for changes in the Democratic Party, whose leadership in the Senate pulled for Stevens.“I haven’t been shy about calling for new leadership and a better Democratic Party. I mean it. The energy is there. People are crying out for change. And we owe it to them to listen. Then we need to build it up, together, from the ground up,” she said.Mallory McMorrow announced that she was suspending her campaign on Sunday (AP)Polls throughout the winter and spring showed the race a competitive three-way split between McMorrow and her two rivals, who all picked up powerful backers in Washington. Backing the state senator were three sitting members of the Senate, Elizabeth Warren, Chris Murphy and Martin Heinrich. But multiple consecutive surveys over the summer showed her support evaporating.That collapse in her polling share followed a confrontation with Abdul El-Sayed, her fellow candidate in the progressive lane in the Democratic field. Like El-Sayed, McMorrow ran on opposing corporate PAC donations, criticism of the Democratic Party’s support for the war in Gaza under Joe Biden, and support for expanding health care availability in America by providing a public health insurance option for Americans.But her credibility on the issue of Israel was questioned by left-leaning Democrats online as the race played out on social media as it did in real life. Her past submission of a policy paper to the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC and her husband’s previous internship at the organization were leapt upon by some of El-Sayed’s supporters as a sign that her opposition to Israel was at best a new position, and that perception was amplified when she became involved in a feud with the popular Twitch streamer Hasan Piker over El-Sayed’s appearance on his stream.McMorrow’s campaign never recovered from the resulting slide. Piker, on Sunday, signaled victory, tweeting: “MALLORY MCMORROW QUITS SENATE RUN AFTER SMEAR CAMPAIGN FAILS”.This is a breaking news report. More to follow...