Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow is shown holding up a copy of conservative agenda Project 2025 at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug.19, 2024. On Sunday she announced the suspension of her campaign for Michigan's vacant U.S. Senate seat. File Photo by Tannen Maury/UPI | License Photo
July 5 (UPI) -- Mallory McMorrow, a state lawmaker who made in early splash in the race for the Democratic nod in Michigan's key U.S. senate race, suspended her campaign on Sunday in a surprise move.
McMorrow, who positioned herself between the national party leadership favorite Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive challenger Abdul El-Sayed, said in a social media post she is pulling out of the race "with a deep, deep sense of gratitude."
"For our thousands of volunteers, for everyone who donated what you could -- building a campaign with zero corporate PAC dollars," she said, adding that while she is suspending her campaign, "I am not leaving the fight."
McMorrow reiterated her call for "new leadership and a better Democratic Party," whose top voices, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have endorsed Stevens to take on the Republican nominee, former Rep. Mike Rogers, in November's general election.
