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‘Voters are fed up’: Michigan primary forces Democratic party to accept leftwing shift

The 41-year-old former public health official had just delivered a knockout blow to the Democratic establishment, defeating the US congresswoman Haley Stevens to claim the party's nomination for the Senate in swing state Michigan.

‘Voters are fed up’: Michigan primary forces Democratic party to accept leftwing shift

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The 41-year-old former public health official had just delivered a knockout blow to the Democratic establishment, defeating the US congresswoman Haley Stevens to claim the party's nomination for the Senate...

With Abdul El-Sayed's win, the party's leftwing insurgency had breached the walls of a midwestern swing state, forcing a reckoning about Democrats' direction and leadership Standing before The Spirit of...

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The 41-year-old former public health official had just delivered a knockout blow to the Democratic establishment, defeating the US congresswoman Haley Stevens to claim the party's nomination for the Senate in swing state Michigan.

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