First Thing: Michigan Democratic race in the balance with El-Sayed holding narrow lead

Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, was on 48.7% of the vote as of 4pm local time, and the establishment-backed congresswoman Haley Stevens was on 47.3%. Photograph: Dieu-Nalio Chery/EPA

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A Democratic Senate primary in Michigan remains too close to call, with Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, holding a narrow lead over the establishment-backed congresswoman Haley Stevens. The battleground state is crucial to the party’s hopes of winning back control of the Senate in November.