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BEN REACTS: What El-Sayed's Win Means for the 2026 Midterms

August 5, 2026·16 min·5-min readnarrativepolitics
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Abdulrahman El-Sayed has narrowly won the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, defeating Haley Stevens by about 23,000 votes out of 1.5 million cast. The host, Ben Shapiro, frames the victory as a sign of the Democratic Party’s embrace of radicalism, citing El-Sayed’s associations, poli

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Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed

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Ben ShapiroAbdulrahman Mohamed El-SayedHaley StevensHassan PikerBernie SandersDavid AxelrodVan JonesJohn Fetterman

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