{"id":11841,"date":"2026-07-25T10:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=11841"},"modified":"2026-07-25T10:14:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T07:14:37","slug":"whitmer-backs-stevens-to-stop-far-left-el-sayed-days-before-michigan-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/whitmer-backs-stevens-to-stop-far-left-el-sayed-days-before-michigan-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitmer Backs Stevens to Stop Far-Left El-Sayed Days Before Michigan Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whitmer made the endorsement official on Friday through video and written statements, according to <em>Breitbart News<\/em>, marking the most prominent political backing yet in the race to succeed retiring Senator <strong>Gary Peters<\/strong>. The governor highlighted Stevens&#8217; four terms in Congress and her previous role leading former President Barack Obama&#8217;s automobile industry bailout program.<\/p>\n<p>The governor emphasized shared priorities with Stevens, stating that her own eight-year tenure has centered on delivering tangible outcomes for Michigan residents. Whitmer noted that Stevens has been <em>named the most effective Michigan Democrat in Congress<\/em>, positioning her as a results-oriented legislator aligned with the governor&#8217;s approach.<\/p>\n<p>Stevens welcomed the endorsement publicly on social media platform X, while El-Sayed&#8217;s campaign pushed back against what it characterized as establishment consolidation. Campaign spokeswoman <strong>Roxie Richner<\/strong> framed the development as corporate interests selecting their preferred candidate ahead of voters making their own choice.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2080731052973191401\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HaleyforMI\/status\/2080731052973191401\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Michigan Republican Party dismissed the endorsement as cosmetic, with senior communications adviser <strong>Greg Manz<\/strong> arguing that both Democratic contenders would pursue identical policy agendas. Manz suggested the endorsement revealed Democratic panic rather than substantive differentiation between the candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polling from the Detroit News and WDIV shows Stevens maintaining a lead over El-Sayed, the former Wayne County health director, with particularly strong support among black voters. The matchup represents a rematch of sorts, as Whitmer defeated El-Sayed in the 2018 gubernatorial primary.<\/p>\n<p>With Whitmer now term-limited, speculation has positioned her as a potential 2028 presidential candidate. Stevens has attracted nearly thirty million dollars in outside spending, predominantly from pro-Israel organizations supporting her candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed has assembled backing from the Democratic Party&#8217;s progressive wing, including Senator <strong>Bernie Sanders<\/strong>, Representative <strong>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/strong>, Senator <strong>Elizabeth Warren<\/strong>, and Senator <strong>Tina Smith<\/strong>. The party establishment has moved to block his path, with Representative <strong>Jim Clyburn<\/strong> recently claiming a photograph from an El-Sayed rally in Detroit revealed everything he needed to know about the candidate&#8217;s support among black voters. Ocasio-Cortez has countered by describing the progressive as embodying future Democratic politics.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic primary victor will face former Republican Representative <strong>Mike Rogers<\/strong> in the November general election. Early in-person voting launches Saturday, with the primary scheduled for August 4.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer endorsed Representative Haley Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary over progressive Abdul El-Sayed, marking the most significant backing in the race to replace retiring Senator Gary Peters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":11840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[9652,10075,10076,10073,10074,2882],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-11841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-abdul-el-sayed","tag-democratic-senate-primary","tag-gary-peters","tag-gretchen-whitmer","tag-haley-stevens","tag-michigan","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11843,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11841\/revisions\/11843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11841"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=11841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}