CHICAGO: Michigan’s closely fought Democratic US Senate primary remained too close to call early on Wednesday, with Abdul El-Sayed holding a narrow lead over Rep. Haley Stevens as election officials continued counting ballots.
As it stands, El-Sayed led Stevens by a slim margin after roughly 95 percent of the ballots had been counted, with hundreds of thousands still outstanding.
The eventual Democratic nominee will face former Republican congressman Mike Rogers in the Nov. 3 general election. Rogers ran unopposed in Tuesday’s Republican primary.
The contest is expected to attract national attention because its outcome could help to determine which party controls the US Senate.
Neither El-Sayed nor Stevens claimed victory in election-night speeches, instead acknowledging that a final result could take several more hours.
