Crossfiled9 outlets · filed 1 November 2026
Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan Senate
It's a blow for Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed in the final days of his campaign, and an escalation of their feud.
What the coverage shows
All of the coverage centers on Haley Stevens’s switch from Abdul El-Sayed to Mike Rogers, and most outlets frame it as a surprise that rattles the Michigan Senate race. Politico, NBC News, Axios, CBS News and CNBC emphasize the political impact or the dispute with El-Sayed, while Reason, The Guardian US and Channel 4 News foreground the backlash and outrage, with The Guardian and Channel 4 using especially condemnatory language. Fox News adds several angle shifts that appear only in its extracts, including a fundraising lift for El-Sayed, comments from Mike Rogers, and JD Vance’s view of the endorsement.
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