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Sanders Backs Midwest Senate Challengers, Wins Maine Upset

5/5/2026

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Senator Bernie Sanders is traveling to Upper Midwest to campaign for Senate primary challengers, including Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
Sanders’s endorsement helped Graham Platton defeat Gov. Janet Mills in Maine’s Democratic Senate primary.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee prefer Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan and Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota, which a Democratic strategist called a double standard.

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Senator Bernie Sanders is traveling to Upper Midwest to campaign for Senate primary challengers, including Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Michigan candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
Sanders’s endorsement helped Graham Platton defeat Gov. Janet Mills in Maine’s Democratic Senate primary.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee prefer Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan and Rep. Angie Craig in Minnesota, which a Democratic strategist called a double standard.