Left-wing Democrats are on a winning run - but can they lure back crucial swing voters?
Voters and politicians across the country are watching to see if El-Sayed can earn the Democratic nomination to run for Senate in November's midterm elections. His opponent - Congresswoman Haley Stevens - is an experienced politician with deep pockets, thanks in part to large corporate campaign donations.The two represent the divisions within the Democratic Party as it seeks to take back control of Congress. On one side is the centrist establishment, backed by traditional power players.
- ▪Voters and politicians across the country are watching to see if El-Sayed can earn the Democratic nomination to run for Senate in November's midterm elections.
- ▪His opponent - Congresswoman Haley Stevens - is an experienced politician with deep pockets, thanks in part to large corporate campaign donations.The two represent the divisions within the Democratic Party as it seeks to take back control o
- ▪On one side is the centrist establishment, backed by traditional power players.
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Left-wing Democrats are on a winning run - but can they lure back crucial swing voters?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders cast El-Sayed as the future of the Democratic Party at a rally in Detroit last SaturdayByMadeline HalpertReporting from MichiganPublished3 minutes agoOn a Saturday evening in Michigan, the skies still hazy from drifting Canadian wildfire smoke, hundreds of voters packed into Detroit's opulent 104-year-old Opera House, rising from their seats to cheer loudly as Senator Bernie Sanders and Democratic Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez took the stage.
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