CHICAGO/LONDON: Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary was narrow in votes but outsized in political significance. The Egyptian-American physician and former public health official defeated four-term US Rep. Haley Stevens by roughly one percentage point, after vote-counting continued into Wednesday morning. He prevailed despite being dramatically outspent in one of the most expensive Democratic primary contests in US history.

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…

CHICAGO: Michigan Democrats headed to the polls on Tuesday to choose between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and establishment-backed US Rep. Haley Stevens in a fiercely contested…