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Fetterman warns El-Sayed could endanger Michigan Senate seat

8/10/2026

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Sen. John Fetterman warned that Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed could jeopardize the must-hold Michigan Senate seat.
El-Sayed, who beat Rep. Haley Stevens in the primary, will run against former Rep. Mike Rogers for Sen. Gary Peters’s seat.
RNC spokesperson Natalie Baldassarre called El-Sayed a “terrorist sympathizer” because of his ties to far-left streamer Hasan Piker.

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Sen. John Fetterman warned that Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed could jeopardize the must-hold Michigan Senate seat.
El-Sayed, who beat Rep. Haley Stevens in the primary, will run against former Rep. Mike Rogers for Sen. Gary Peters’s seat.
RNC spokesperson Natalie Baldassarre called El-Sayed a “terrorist sympathizer” because of his ties to far-left streamer Hasan Piker.