Haley Stevens appears with Mike Rogers at Detroit church

Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens appeared with Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers at a Detroit church on Sunday, November 1, three days before Election Day, as plans for her to join Democratic nominee Abdul ElSayed at a unity event collapsed. Stevens and Rogers attended a service at Perfecting Church. Their appearance came amid a public dispute between Stevens and ElSayed, who defeated her in the August Democratic primary and is challenging Rogers for the Senate seat held by retiring Democrat Gary Peters. The planned joint appearance with ElSayed and Rep. Jim Clyburn had been intended to demonstrate party unity in the final days of the campaign. Michigan Rep. Debbie Dingell, who helped organize it, said she asked Stevens not to attend because the dispute had become distracting. Dingell said the bishop was upset that the controversy was drawing attention to a real church service. ElSayed also said Saturday that he wanted no distractions. His campaign asked Stevens to stay away from its remaining events, according to people familiar with the request. The accounts do not establish whether that request prompted Stevens to appear with Rogers. The disagreement centered on a...