For over a year, both Stevens and El-Sayed have been laying out starkly different visions for Michigan and for the country. El-Sayed, who is 41 years old and the son of Egyptian immigrants, would be the first Muslim senator in the US, if elected. He’s been endorsed by leading left-wing politicians such as Vermont Senator
STREET. LUIS– Grabbing a microphone outside the courthouse where the infamous 1847 Dred Scott slavery case was argued, former Rep. Cori Bush described her ouster from Congress as another historic setback that needed to be reversed. “We’re here saying, send that descendant back, send her back to the place that the slaves built,” Bush said.
On a Saturday afternoon in Michigan, with the sky still cloudy from smoke from the Canadian wildfires, hundreds of voters packed the opulent 104-year-old Detroit Opera House, rising from their seats to cheer loudly as Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez took the stage. As two of the leading figures on the American
BANGOR, Maine– Maine Democrats will choose a new U.S. Senate candidate on Saturday to take on veteran Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a race that could decide control of the Senate, after Graham Platner dropped out of the race following a sexual assault allegation. Support has centered around former state Senate President Troy Jackson, a
MADISON, Wisconsin.- A chaotic Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, in which numerous candidates dropped out and re-entered the race, threatened to leave thousands of voters who already returned their ballots with worthless votes for the state’s highest office. That possibility led the state Democratic Party on Tuesday to appeal to the state elections commission, urging
NEW YORK — Maine Democrats are seizing on a new fatal shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in their state, fighting to tie Republican Sen. Susan Collins to the beleaguered federal agency and steer the conversation away from the unrelated scandal that threatens to undermine their strength in a high-stakes U.S. Senate race. A federal