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Stevens to campaign only after El-Sayed denounces hateful ads

By Drooid · Oct 31, 2026 · How we work

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Rep. Haley Stevens announced she will campaign with Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed at a Detroit church on Nov. 1.
Stevens said she will appear only if El-Sayed publicly denounces two ads she calls hateful and antisemitic.
Her fiancé, civil-rights lawyer Jason Turkish, announced he will vote for Republican Mike Rogers because of El-Sayed’s Israel rhetoric.
RealClearPolitics and CBS News/MITCHELL polls show El-Sayed leads Republican Mike Rogers by roughly 2–7 points.

History

The 1994 Republican Revolution, driven by Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America, gave Republicans a net gain of 54 House seats and eight Senate seats, delivering unified control of Congress for the first time since 1952. That nationalized campaign reshaped party tactics, a legacy echoed today as Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens urges Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to repudiate similar ads to keep the GOP’s narrow Senate hopes intact.

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The 1994 Republican Revolution, driven by Newt Gingrich’s Contract with America, gave Republicans a net gain of 54 House seats and eight Senate seats, delivering unified control of Congress for the first time since 1952. That nationalized campaign reshaped party tactics, a legacy echoed today as Michigan Rep. Haley Stevens urges Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed to repudiate similar ads to keep the GOP’s narrow Senate hopes intact.

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