El-Sayed, Rogers in close Michigan Senate race

Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers are in a close contest for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat, with two October polls showing El-Sayed ahead by narrow margins before the November 3 election. Both leads fall within the polls’ stated margins of error, leaving the surveys without a clear leader. A Marist poll of 1,185 registered Michigan voters, conducted October 15-18, found El-Sayed at 50% and Republican Rogers at 48%. The margin of error for likely voters was 4.3 percentage points. A Glengariff Group phone poll of 600 voters, conducted October 19-22, put El-Sayed at 51.4%, Rogers at 45.1% and undecided voters at 3.6%, with a 4-point margin of error. The surveys used different field dates and samples. The contest follows El-Sayed’s narrow victory in the Democratic primary. Final results from the Michigan Secretary of State show he received 744,952 votes, or 48.45%, compared with 731,160 votes, or 47.55%, for Rep. Haley Stevens. El-Sayed’s margin was 13,792 votes. Mallory McMorrow received 61,516 votes, or 4%. The close polling comes as the campaigns face scrutiny over an antisemitic advertisement supporting El-Sayed. His campaign said the advertisement was not affiliated with it and...