By Nolan D. McCaskillAug 5 (Reuters) - The Democratic Party's progressive wing scored a high-profile victory when Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's U.S. Senate primary, according to media projections on Wednesday, giving its anti-establishment message a boost ahead of November's midterm elections.

Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), despite recent polling leading up to the race showing El-Sayed easily cruising to victory by double digits.

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…

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