Michigan Democrat drops out of US Senate primary

By Nolan D. ‌McCaskill

WASHINGTON, July ​5 (Reuters) - ​Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow suspended her Democratic campaign for the U.S. ‌Senate on Sunday, turning a three-way primary ⁠race in a key battleground state into a head-to-head ‌between a moderate and ‌a progressive.

McMorrow's exit leaves centrist U.S. Representative Haley Stevens and progressive public health advocate ​Abdul El-Sayed as the remaining candidates vying to face Republican former U.S. Representative Mike ⁠Rogers.

• In a three-minute video posted to X, McMorrow pledged ​her "full support" to whoever wins the August 4 primary.

• Recent polls showed McMorrow ​in distant third place, ‌with El-Sayed leading Stevens.

• El-Sayed said he welcomes McMorrow's supporters into his ⁠movement, warning that Michiganders "cannot allow the establishment to decide our nominee for us.”

• Stevens praised McMorrow's "important ⁠voice" but reiterated that "I'm the strongest Democrat to defeat ​Mike Rogers this November."

• Losing the Senate race in Michigan would make it significantly harder, though not impossible, ‌for Democrats to flip the Senate in November.

• Republicans hold a 53-47 ‌majority in the Senate. Republican President Donald ⁠Trump won Michigan ‌by 1.4 percentage ​points in 2024.

(Reporting by Nolan D. McCaskill; Editing by Sergio Non and Bill ‌Berkrot)

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