2026年8月5日 / 美国东部时间上午11:18 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
华盛顿讯 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻预测，前密歇根州卫生官员阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德在密歇根州民主党参议院初选中击败联邦众议员黑利·史蒂文斯。这场备受关注的角逐是对民主党内部分歧的最新一次考验。
现年41岁的埃尔赛义德以左翼纲领参选，并获得了联邦众议员亚历山德里亚·奥卡西奥-科特兹、无党派参议员伯尼·桑德斯等知名进步派人士的背书。上月第三位候选人、州参议员马洛里·麦克莫罗退选后，此次初选成为民主党不同派系之间的明确抉择。现年43岁的史蒂文斯自2019年起代表密歇根州出任联邦众议员，她由参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默招募，立场更为温和，并于上月获得即将卸任的广受欢迎的密歇根州州长格蕾琴·惠特默的背书。
民主党参议员加里·彼得斯宣布不再寻求连任后，这场至关重要的初选竞争就此展开，为该州带来了一场激烈的角逐。
凭借初选胜利，埃尔赛义德将于11月对阵前众议员迈克·罗杰斯。罗杰斯在共和党初选中未遇对手，他在2024年密歇根州另一参议院席位的角逐中以微弱劣势输给了参议员伊丽莎白·斯洛特金，因此有充足时间打磨其大选竞选主张，而民主党初选斗争却愈演愈烈。
史蒂文斯于周三上午向埃尔赛义德表示祝贺，并承诺在他备战11月对阵罗杰斯的竞选期间提供支持。
“唐纳德·特朗普和迈克·罗杰斯希望我们在初选中筋疲力尽、陷入分裂，这样他们的亿万富翁支持者就能趁机让百万富翁迈克·罗杰斯轻松拿下这个参议院席位，”史蒂文斯说道，同时警告如果共和党拿下该席位将对参议院产生更广泛的影响。“我不会让这种情况发生。”
2026年8月5日早些时候，密歇根州民主党联邦参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德出现在底特律初选之夜集会的舞台上。路透社/丽贝卡·库克
密歇根州这个席位被认为是两党本届参议院选举中民主党最易失守的席位之一，该州近年来在总统选举中多次在两党之间摇摆。支持史蒂文斯的全国民主党人将她描述为更具选举胜算的候选人，理由是埃尔赛义德的左翼立场与这个摇摆州格格不入。
被问及这一态势时，埃尔赛义德在初选前告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的埃德·奥基夫：“人们总说这个州会投票给温和派，但它却两次把票投给了唐纳德·特朗普，这总是让我觉得好笑。”
“或许更合理的解释并非这个州想要温和派，而是它受够了两党中被企业收买的建制派，以至于宁愿勉强投票给唐纳德·特朗普两次，”他补充道。“现在，如果取代被收买的建制派的不是自恋、狂妄的亿万富翁，而是一位重建卫生部、消除医疗债务、为儿童配眼镜的医生，情况会如何？我愿意验证这一设想。”
埃尔赛义德的胜利是近几个月来进步派和民主社会主义者寻求变革之际，民主党激进派在纽约市、科罗拉多等地一系列初选胜利的延续。这一态势迄今已是本届初选周期的标志性特征。但这一趋势在11月会如何发展——尤其是在密歇根州这样的摇摆州——仍有待观察。
埃尔赛义德并非美国民主社会主义者协会成员，但欢迎该组织成员加入他的竞选联盟。他以全民医保等进步政策为竞选纲领，同时直言批评以色列政府和加沙战争。这一议题在这个拥有美国最大阿拉伯裔群体的“五大湖之州”竞选中占据核心地位。他在整个竞选期间抨击史蒂文斯从亲以色列团体获得大量资金，同时也因与左翼播客主持人哈桑·皮克尔一同参选而受到批评。
密歇根州的这个席位是民主党本届需要捍卫的数个席位之一，同时他们也希望在其他地方翻转席位以夺回参议院控制权。目前参议院有53名共和党议员，民主党需要翻转四个席位，同时抵御共和党在密歇根州和其他地区的攻势，才能夺回多数席位。
舒默和民主党参议院竞选委员会主席、参议员柯尔斯滕·吉利布兰德在埃尔赛义德预计获胜后发表联合声明称赞他，称其开展了“一场充满活力的竞选活动，激励了全州数千名密歇根选民”。
“民主党人有着共同的目标：击败唐纳德·特朗普及其共和党盟友，夺回参议院，以此制衡特朗普，”民主党人说道。“我们期待与阿卜杜勒和密歇根州全体民主党人合作，在11月赢下这个席位。”
Abdul El-Sayed projected to win Michigan Democratic Senate primary, defeating Haley Stevens
August 5, 2026 / 11:18 AM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Former Michigan health official Abdul El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan, CBS News projects, in a closely watched contest that represented the latest test of the party’s divisions.
El-Sayed, 41, ran on a leftist platform and secured the backing of prominent progressives like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders in the primary, which became a distinct choice between diverging factions of the Democratic Party after a third candidate, state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, dropped out of the race last month. Stevens, a 43-year-old who has represented Michigan in the House since 2019, was recruited by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and took a more moderate lane, securing an endorsement from outgoing popular Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last month.
The pivotal primary contest opened up after Democratic Sen. Gary Peters announced he wouldn’t seek reelection, setting up a competitive race in the state.
With the primary victory, El-Sayed is set to take on former Rep. Mike Rogers in November. Rogers ran unopposed in the Republican primary, after narrowly losing to Sen. Elissa Slotkin in the 2024 race for Michigan’s other Senate seat, giving him months to home in on his general election pitch while Democrats’ primary fight grew increasingly ugly.
Stevens congratulated El-Sayed on Wednesday morning, while offering her support as he prepares to take on Rogers in November.
“Donald Trump and Mike Rogers want us to come out of this primary tired and divided, so their billionaire backers can come in and let multimillionaire Mike Rogers walk away with this Senate seat,” Stevens said, while warning of the broader implications for the Senate should the GOP flip the seat. “I’m not going to let that happen.”
Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed appears onstage at a primary election night rally in Detroit early on Aug. 5, 2026. Reuters/Rebecca Cook
The seat in Michigan is considered among the most vulnerable for Democrats this cycle in a state that has flipped between supporting Democrats and Republican presidents in recent elections. National Democrats, who backed Stevens, pitched her as the more electable candidate, citing El-Sayed’s more left-leaning views and arguing that they are out of step with the battleground state.
Asked about the dynamic, El-Sayed told CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe ahead of the primary that “it’s always funny to me that people want to say that this state votes for moderates when it voted for Donald Trump twice.”
“It may just be that the better explanation is not that the state wants moderates, it’s that it’s so sick and tired of the establishment bought off by corporations on both sides of the political aisle, that it was willing to hold its nose and vote for Donald Trump twice,” he added. “Now, what happens if the alternative to the bought-off establishment happens to be instead of a narcissistic, megalomaniacal billionaire, a doctor who rebuilds health departments to eliminate medical debt and put glasses on kids’ faces? I’m willing to test that proposition.”
El-Sayed’s victory comes after a series of primary wins by insurgent Democrats in places like New York City and Colorado in recent months, as progressives and democratic socialists seek changes to the party. The dynamic has been a defining feature of the primary cycle so far. But how it will play in November — especially in battleground states like Michigan — remains to be seen.
El-Sayed, who is not a member of the Democratic Socialists of America but has welcomed its members into his coalition, has run on progressive policies like Medicare for All, and he’s been an outspoken critic of Israel’s government and the war in Gaza. The issue has been central to the campaign in the Great Lakes State, which is home to the largest concentration of Arabs in the U.S. And he hammered Stevens throughout the campaign for receiving an influx of funding from pro-Israel groups, while receiving criticism himself for campaigning with left-wing podcaster Hasan Piker.
The seat in Michigan is among a handful that Democrats are defending this cycle, while they look to flip seats elsewhere to secure control of the upper chamber. With 53 Republicans in the Senate, Democrats need to flip four seats, while fending off GOP inroads in Michigan and elsewhere to take the majority.
Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, praised El-Sayed in a joint statement following his projected victory for running an “energetic campaign that inspired thousands of Michiganders across the state.”
“Democrats are united by a common purpose: putting a check on Donald Trump by defeating his Republican enablers and taking back the Senate,” the Democrats said. “We look forward to working with Abdul and Democrats across Michigan to win this seat in November.”