El-Sayed, an epidemiologist, backs Medicare for all and decries corporate money in politics. He beat Rep. Haley Stevens, whose supporters said she would have had a better chance in the fall.

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Michigan Democrats have voted in a closely watched U.S. Senate primary contest between U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and progressive Abdul El-Sayed

Abdul El-Sayed will be Michigan’s Democratic nominee for senator this November.