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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Joey Cappelletti,Jacqueline Ganun and Jesse Bedayn

Bernie-backed progressive Abdul El-Sayed scores Michigan win in blow to Democratic establishment: report

Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed has reportedly won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, defeating centrist U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in a closely watched race that exposed the Democratic Party's ideological divide.

NBC News was the first to project El-Sayed as the winner after a lengthy vote count, giving progressives a major victory in a battleground state where moderates had argued Stevens was the stronger general election candidate.

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