Key Facts

• Stevens lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed and later endorsed Republican Mike Rogers.
• The endorsement came days before the midterm vote and followed a feud between Stevens and El-Sayed, including disputes over support for Israel.
• Gavin Newsom criticized Stevens’ shift, while Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s campaign account called the endorsement a “despicable betrayal.”
• Schumer said Senate Democrats support El-Sayed and condemned Republican attacks on him as racist and Islamophobic.
• Michigan Democratic Party chair Curtis Hertel said Stevens had abandoned her stated priorities by campaigning with Rogers.
• Bernie Sanders urged Democrats to support El-Sayed and defeat Rogers; New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani also criticized Stevens’ endorsement.
• President Donald Trump called El-Sayed a “jihadist” at a campaign event in Iowa and made a remark about a special metal detector if El-Sayed were elected to Congress.
• A judge dismissed a Trump-backed lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.