By Nolan D. McCaskill and Joseph AxAug 5 (Reuters) - Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate primary sets up a high-profile test this fall of whether an unabashedly progressive candidate can prevail in a politically divided swing state — with control of the Senate potentially at stake.

Michigan’s Senate primary has become a test of progressive energy, Israel policy and big-money politics, with the winner heading to a November contest critical to the party's…

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…

Progressive advocate overcame more than $60m in spending to defeat Congresswoman Haley Stevens