08/21/2026
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW.
Michigan was not just a two person race. In this clip, we break down the numbers people keep skipping past. El-Sayed had 48.5%. Haley Stevens had 47.5%. Mallory McMorrow pulled 4% after suspending her campaign just weeks before the primary, with 98.9% of votes in at the time of the discussion. These were the results as of our August 6 recording.
Then we get into what those numbers suggest about coalition building. We talk about the dynamics of two women and one man in a Democratic primary, how turnout and gender can show up in the results, and why El-Sayedβs messaging worked. The argument here is that he held a strong Islamic voter base and added a smaller ultra DSA slice to push him over the line.
Results link referenced: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-primary-elections/michigan-senate-results
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