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Stevens to Join El-Sayed at Detroit Campaign Event

Published 29 October 2026

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is expected to campaign Sunday in Detroit with former primary rival Rep. Haley Stevens and Rep. Jim Clyburn, in a planned joint appearance as Democrats seek to consolidate support before Election Day. Stevens confirmed that she had been asked to take part in the get-out-the-vote event at a Detroit church. The appearance would be the first time she and El-Sayed have campaigned publicly together since a unity breakfast shortly after the August 4 Democratic primary, which El-Sayed won narrowly. Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat, is also expected to attend, according to people familiar with the plans. The planned event follows weeks of public tension over Stevens’s support for El-Sayed and his response to campaign advertising. Stevens said she intends to vote for the nominee, whom she endorsed after losing the primary, but has urged him to address two ads that she says have unsettled voters. One ad, from the outside group Rebellion PAC, linked U.S. support for Israel to high grocery prices. El-Sayed said the ad had nothing to do with his campaign. Stevens and other Democrats called on him to go further and denounce its content....

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