- Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens shocked party officials on Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers for the U.S. Senate, just days before the midterm election.
- Stevens endorsed Rogers after attending a Detroit church service with him, following her exclusion from a joint campaign event with her former primary opponent, Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.
- “Our Democratic nominee for Senate said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away," Stevens said in a video announcing the endorsement. “And he's right. And that's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.”
- The endorsement caused immediate political fallout, resulting in the resignation of Stevens' chief of staff, with additional staff departures anticipated.
- The late-stage Democratic infighting threatens turnout among crucial Black and Jewish voters in Michigan, a critical state determining control of the U.S. Senate during President Donald Trump's second term.
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