Haley Stevens Statement on Election Results

DETROIT, MI – Haley Stevens released the following statement on the election results:

“I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election. 

“This was a thorough and rigorous campaign that brought out the full span of views within the Democratic Party - and that is why we have primaries. I am proud to have put up my hand to serve, and prouder to continue to work together to make sure this Senate seat remains blue, that we flip the United States Senate and continue the work for Michigan. 

“Donald Trump and Mike Rogers want us to come out of this primary tired and divided, so their billionaire backers can come in and let multimillionaire Mike Rogers walk away with this Senate seat. They want to keep the Senate red, so Mike Rogers can keep rubber-stamping Donald Trump’s harmful agenda of higher prices, manufacturing jobs lost nationwide, corruption and abuses of power, and so he can ban abortion, gut health care, and roll back workers’ rights and voting rights.

“I’m not going to let that happen.

“We must elect Democrats up and down the ballot. We need to flip some important House seats. We need to re-elect my friends Hillary Scholten and Kristen McDonald Rivet. We need to win this Senate seat, because Elissa Slotkin deserves a partner like Abdul in the U.S. Senate.

“I am proud of the coalition our campaign put together: Black Michiganders, working class Michiganders, union members, farmers, hard-working families. The Michiganders who backed this campaign truly represent the grit, diversity, and spirit of our state, and I am honored to have earned each of their votes.

“There are too many people to thank for this campaign, and for the work we’ve been able to do for the people of Michigan.

“I want to start by thanking my parents. My mom has been this campaign’s best surrogate. She’s been a precinct delegate, she’s a proud Democrat, and I love her so much. And my dad is the hardest-working 81-year-old I know. He was a public school teacher in Detroit, and he’s still driving around in his Ford F-150 with ‘Stevens Landscaping’ on the side, doing jobs, and worrying the heck out of us. He taught me what hard work means, and I love him.

“I want to thank all of the incredible leaders who supported me: Hillary Scholten, Gretchen Whitmer, Gary Peters, Debbie Stabenow, Brenda Lawrence, our friends in labor, our friends in the faith community.

“I want to thank my staff in my office both here in Michigan led by the indefatigable Colleen Pobur and in D.C. by my Chief of Staff, Justin German, the best chief on the hill. 

“I want to thank my campaign staff, led by Sam Barrett, who have worked their hearts out, traveling with me across this state, and having a whole lot of fun doing it.

“I want to thank every single one of you who volunteered, who knocked on doors, made phone calls, talked to a friend about the race. Your work mattered. Your work powers me, and I am forever grateful for you for believing in me.

“My message to Michigan is this: Haley Stevens will always be here, and I’ll be working my heart out the rest of this election to make sure Democrats up and down the ballot win, to make sure we can stand up to Trump, stop his cuts to health care, solve our affordability crisis, and make sure that our manufacturers are heard in the halls of power.

“Michigan, I love you, and I cannot thank you enough for the opportunity to serve and to have had the opportunity to run for office in this moment.”