Hayley Stevens

'Loyalty should never require abandoning values': Haley Stevens defends Rogers midterms endorsement

Stevens claimed that after it was made clear in late October that she was unwelcome at El-Sayed’s campaign events, she began to question his motives.

|ByCORINNE BAUM
US Representative Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat and the rival Abdul El-Sayed defeated in the Senate primary, speaks with the media next to Republican US Senate candidate Mike Rogers who she endorsed, after attending the Perfecting Church in Detroit, Michigan, US November 1, 2026.
Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks in Detroit after a radio appearance on Dr. Horace Sheffield's GOTV Community Rally on August 01, 2026.

Abdul El-Sayed seeks Democratic unity after divisive Michigan Senate primary

Later, El-Sayed devoted a chunk of his speech to ensuring the safety of Michigan’s Jews, still rattled by his equivocal reaction to an attack on a suburban Detroit synagogue earlier this year.

|ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA