Abdul El-Sayed Triumphs Over Haley Stevens in $60M Loss for AIPAC, Corporations
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The result represents a seismic win for the growing progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

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Abdul El-Sayed Triumphs Over Haley Stevens in $60M Loss for AIPAC, Corporations

Former public health official Abdul El-Sayed has achieved a dominant win in Michigan’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, winning by a narrow margin over Rep. Haley Stevens in a ground-shaking triumph over the $60 million spent by AIPAC and corporations to oppose him. With over 95 percent of the vote counted, El-Sayed had 48.5 percent of the vote, compared to Stevens’s 47.5…

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  • eestileib@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    85·
    6 days ago

    Uh, 48.5 to 47.5 isn’t a “triumph” or a “dominant win”.

    It’s surprising and seismic, but it was a narrow victory. I hear Piker’s livestream was full of people screaming at each other last night when they were starting the night expecting to romp.

    Last minute, El-Sayed also definitely seemed cocky.

    • MJKee9@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      6 days ago

      If you’re not going to help row the boat jump off and start swimming back to shore.

      • eestileib@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        41·
        5 days ago

        It was a win, winning fixes everything.
        But it wasn’t the ten point win a lot of people expected.

    • Godric@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      5 days ago

      While a 1% win isn’t generally a “triumph”, it is in the context of a moderate endorsement diff in a swing state, and a whopping 10-1 spending diff! Like holy shit, doomsayers go home, change is possible no matter the odds if you organize and get out there!