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WHAT THEY’RE SAYING: Haley Stevens “Has Picked Up Momentum” Heading Into the “Closing Stretch of the Race”

7/20/2026

Bloomberg: “Moderate Democrat Gains Ground in Critical Michigan Senate Race… the Stevens campaign has picked up momentum”

Nate Silver: “Stevens has some late momentum”


DETROIT, MI –
 As the Michigan Senate primary heads into the final stretch, Haley Stevens is building “late momentum” and has “captured the lead” while El-Sayed’s campaign hits a “perilous moment.”

Read more below on how Haley has “momentum in the closing stretch of the race”:

  • Bloomberg:Moderate Democrat gains ground in critical Michigan Senate race… the Stevens campaign has picked up momentum since candidate Mallory McMorrow pulled out of the contest earlier this month…”
  • Detroit Free Press: “U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens… captured the lead in the race for the Democratic nomination to replace U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, according to an average of recent polls followed by the Free Press.”
  • **Washington Examiner: “**The jockeying comes at a perilous moment for El Sayed…”
  • Jewish Insider: “There are fresh signs that the late push for Stevens from Democratic leaders… has given the congresswoman momentum in the closing stretch of the race. A new poll commissioned by the Detroit News found Stevens pulling ahead of El-Sayed by seven points, 48-41%.”
  • Nate Silver: “Stevens has some late momentum…”
  • NewsNation: “The poll also found El-Sayed trailing Stevens with Black voters, the backbone of the Democratic Party, by a whopping 46 points. Stevens is polling at 67% of Black voters to El-Sayed’s embarrassing 21%.”
  • Michigan Chronicle: “Former House Majority Whip and one of the longest-serving Black members of the U.S. House of Representatives Jim Clyburn has endorsed U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s race for the U.S. Senate, adding the support of one of the nation’s most influential Democratic leaders to her growing coalition.”
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