获得参议员桑德斯和沃伦背书的进步派人士将在11月与共和党人迈克·罗杰斯展开对决
2026年8月5日 美国东部时间上午9:58 / 福克斯新闻
作者：保罗·施坦豪泽、亚历克斯·米勒
密歇根州参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德8月5日早些时候向支持者发表讲话，当时他与黑利·史蒂文斯的民主党初选结果仍难以预料，他呼吁民主党团结起来，为11月与共和党人迈克·罗杰斯的大选对决做好准备。
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在一场漫长且混乱的竞选之后，一名极左翼进步派人士击败了民主党建制派，赢得初选。
阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德击败了密歇根州联邦众议员黑利·史蒂文斯，获得该州参议院民主党提名，这场初选也成为全美最激烈的民主党初选之一。埃尔赛义德接下来将在11月对阵共和党初选无对手的前联邦众议员迈克·罗杰斯。
巨额资金、民主党保守派势力以及针对埃尔赛义德民主社会主义倾向的攻击主导了本次初选，最终站在左翼的这位候选人伤痕累累地迎来与罗杰斯的对决。
这场将接替即将退休的民主党参议员加里·彼得斯的角逐——彼得斯此前支持史蒂文斯——对民主党而言是志在必得的战役，也是预计将决定共和党能否保住微弱多数席位的约12场参议院大选对决之一。
民主党初选爆发争议：建制派 favored 候选人将对手斥为“名人候选人”
阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德，密歇根州联邦参议院民主党初选的进步派候选人，2026年8月5日周三在底特律Majestic剧院的初选之夜活动上发表讲话。(朱莉娅·德马雷·尼基森/美联社照片)
“密歇根……我们赢了。我非常自豪能成为你们的民主党参议院候选人。让我们在11月赢得胜利，”埃尔赛义德在周三上午的社交媒体帖子中写道，正式宣布胜选。
几个小时后，在竞选结果揭晓后，史蒂文斯承认败选：“我爱密歇根，我为自己挺身而出服务这份事业感到骄傲。我刚刚与阿卜杜勒通了电话，向他提供我全力的支持，我们将共同努力在11月击败迈克·罗杰斯。”
在新闻发布会上，埃尔赛义德呼吁党内团结。
“我的同事兼朋友，国会女议员黑利·史蒂文斯。我们今早进行了一次很棒的交谈，我知道这场漫长的初选最终结果令人遗憾，”他说。“但我也知道，黑利在工作中展现了最优秀的一面。她是你见过的最尽职尽责的公职人员之一。她热爱民主。就像我热爱民主一样，初选期间我们之间可能存在的任何分歧，与我们共同的目标相比都微不足道。”
就在参议院共和党关联团体立即投放针对埃尔赛义德的攻击广告，使用其过往有争议言论之际，他将矛头指向了罗杰斯。
“无论针对我们的竞选多么刻薄、多么分裂、多么愤世嫉俗，我希望我们意识到，我们现在有更多的共同点，因为迈克·罗杰斯、唐纳德·特朗普及其共和党‘让美国再次伟大’盟友发起的竞选已经更加刻薄，”他说道。“你只要看看今天已经开始在电视上播出的广告就知道了。他们想用我的全名攻击我。迈克，听着，伙计，如果你说不出我的全名，那就叫阿卜杜勒拉赫曼。别用你的脏嘴提我的名字。”
但即便在初选日之前，埃尔赛义德就已经将目光投向了与罗杰斯的对决，并希望借此争取史蒂文斯的选民。
“我认为我们都明白唐纳德·特朗普带来的风险。我们都明白迈克·罗杰斯带来的风险，”埃尔赛义德在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示。“这家伙不会挺身而出对抗军工复合体。他不会挺身而出对抗大型制药公司。他不会挺身而出对抗大型科技公司。”
“他只会为大企业的利益服务，”他补充道。“我认为每个人都清楚赌注是什么。所以我期待着欢迎所有在初选中投了不同票的人。”
摇摆州民调显示极左翼面临困境，舒默背书的候选人凭借关键选民群体占据优势
埃尔赛义德是一名流行病学家，曾任韦恩县卫生局长，2018年以局外人身份参选州长但失败。如果当选，他将成为美国首位穆斯林参议员。他将支持“全民医保”作为竞选的核心主张之一。
他还呼吁废除移民海关执法局（ICE），并在以色列与哈马斯的战争期间直言不讳地批评以色列，称以色列在加沙的行动是对巴勒斯坦人的“种族灭绝”。
本次初选的总支出超过8000万美元，成为美国历史上花费最高的民主党参议院提名竞选。其中大部分资金来自支持史蒂文斯或反对埃尔赛义德的外部团体。最大的支出方是联合民主项目（United Democracy Project），这是一个与美国以色列公共事务委员会（AIPAC）关联的政治行动委员会，该委员会以其缩写AIPAC为人熟知。
“我们都知道他们会花钱。我们不知道他们会花掉7000万美元。我们不知道他们的支出会是我们的11倍。但我们依然站在这里，”埃尔赛义德在演讲中强调。
埃尔赛义德呼吁党内团结，并将矛头指向共和党参议院提名人、前众议员迈克·罗杰斯。
黑利·史蒂文斯，密歇根州联邦参议院民主党初选候选人，2026年8月4日周二在底特律的选举之夜向支持者发表讲话。(保罗·桑恰/美联社照片)
史蒂文斯在初选之夜的演讲中也将矛头指向了罗杰斯。
“无论谁获胜，都将去迎战迈克·罗杰斯。共和党人会竭尽所能向我们泼脏水、扔泥巴、使出浑身解数，因为他们想让美国参议院继续由共和党掌控，这样迈克·罗杰斯就能继续盲目支持唐纳德·特朗普的荒谬议程，”她说道。
在两位候选人中，共和党人更希望埃尔赛义德胜出，而民主党保守派则最担心他的胜利。共和党也在利用这场激烈的初选，希望初选带来的伤害能在11月之前持续发挥作用。
“罗杰斯不仅是一位久经考验的候选人，他已经凝聚了密歇根州整个共和党阵营的支持，而且他还将受益于民主党在11月的内讧，”一名共和党幕僚告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。“阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德在本届民主党初选中比以往任何时候都更加伤痕累累，更容易受到本党内部批评的冲击。”
他在民调中的崛起让民主党仓促转而支持史蒂文斯，迫使密歇根州州长格雷琴·惠特默和彼得斯打破中立立场。
彼得斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，史蒂文斯是一位 proven winner，此前曾将一个共和党选区翻转为民主党选区，而最终的主要目标是重新夺回参议院控制权。
“但如果我们输掉密歇根，这一切都不会发生，”彼得斯说。
民主党人在关键参议院辩论中就AIPAC资金、“食人魔”言论和 electability 爆发争执
共和党参议院候选人、前众议员迈克·罗杰斯2026年8月2日在密歇根州法明顿希尔斯接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访。(保罗·施坦豪泽/福克斯新闻)
史蒂文斯在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时承认了这一点，她说：“罗杰斯已经说得很清楚了，如果我不是提名人，情况会对他更有利。”
这是因为共和党一直在强调埃尔赛义德是两人中更“极端”的一位，因为他坚决反对美国对以色列的援助、反对选举中的企业资金支持并推动全民医保，这些都被他此前有关“ defund police”的言论以及最近的“ogre on a pike”口误所放大。
尽管如此，他的政策主张仍是进步派运动的标志性主张，这为他赢得了佛蒙特州独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯和马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦等人的背书。
而他的胜利也标志着参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默的又一次惨败，舒默曾支持史蒂文斯争夺民主党提名。
阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德2026年8月5日在底特律赢得密歇根州参议院民主党提名后举行新闻发布会。(里奇·埃德森/福克斯新闻)
“阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德的胜利标志着查克·舒默在与伯尼·桑德斯的内战中又一次毁灭性的失败，而民主党正准备让迈克·罗杰斯在11月击败社会主义的最新旗手，”全国共和党参议员委员会发言人伯娜黛特·布雷斯林告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
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罗杰斯对两位对手都有准备，但在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时也对埃尔赛义德进行了嘲讽。
“我们有信心击败这场初选中胜出的任何一位候选人，”罗杰斯说。“他们俩都已经向左转了。”
“他们非常激进，对密歇根州来说过于极端，”他继续说道。“我的意思是，阿卜杜勒，他有自己独特的疯狂套路。”
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Republicans get the Democrat they wanted as socialist Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary
The progressive who earned endorsements from Sens Sanders and Warren will face Republican Mike Rogers in November
August 5, 2026 9:58am EDT / Fox News
By Paul Steinhauser , Alex Miller
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed addresses supporters early on Aug. 5 as his Democratic primary against Haley Stevens remains too close to call, urging the party to unite for the general-election fight against Republican Mike Rogers.
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After a grueling, messy campaign, a far-left progressive has taken on the Democratic establishment and won.
Abdul El-Sayed felled Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., to secure the Democratic nomination for Senate in what became one of the ugliest Democratic primary races in the country. El-Sayed will now face former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, who was uncontested in the GOP primary, in November.
Big money, the Democratic old guard and attacks on El-Sayed’s Democratic Socialist leanings dominated the primary, and leave the last man standing on the Left bruised and battered heading into the showdown with Rogers.
The face-off to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who backed Stevens, is a must-win contest for Democrats and one of roughly a dozen general election Senate races expected to determine whether Republicans retain their narrow majority.
DEM PRIMARY ERUPTS AS ESTABLISHMENT FAVORITE DISMISSES RIVAL AS ‘CELEBRITY CANDIDATE’
Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks during a primary election night event Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit.(Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
“Michigan… We won. I am so proud to be your Democratic nominee for US Senate. Let’s win in November,” El Sayed wrote in a social media post Wednesday morning, as he declared victory.
A couple of hours later, after the race was called, Stevens conceded: “I love Michigan and am so proud to have put up my hand to serve. I spoke with Abdul a few moments ago to offer him my full support as we work to defeat Mike Rogers this November.”
At a news conference, El-Sayed preached unity.
“To my colleague and friend, Congresswoman Haley Stevens. We shared a great conversation this morning, and I know that it was a bitter end to this very long primary,” he said. “But I also know that Haley brings, the best of herself to her work. She is one of the most committed public servants that you’ll ever meet. she loves democracy. Like, I love democracy and whatever differences that we might have had in the primary, they pale in comparison to what unifies us.”
And as a Senate Republican-aligned group instantly fired up an attack ad on El-Sayed using old controversial comments, he took aim at Rogers.
“As bitter and as divisive and as cynical as the campaign against us might have been, I want us to realize that there is so much more that unites us now, because the campaign that Mike Rogers and Donald Trump and their GOP MAGA allies are launching is already more bitter,” he argued. “All you got to do is look at the ads you’re already watching on TV that started today. You know, they think they want to use my whole name against me. Mike. Listen, man, if you can’t say the name, it’s Abdulrahman. Keep the name out of your damn mouth.”
But even before Primary Day, El-Sayed was already looking ahead to his battle with Rogers, and hoping to curry favor with Stevens’ voters in the process.
“I think we all understand the risk of Donald Trump. We all understand the risk of Mike Rogers,” El-Sayed told Fox News Digital. “This is a guy who is not going to stand up and take on the war machine. He’s not going to stand up and take on Big Pharma. He’s not going to stand up and take on big tech.”
“He is going to do the bidding of large corporations,” he continued. “I think everybody understands what the stakes are. So I’m looking forward to welcoming everybody who might have voted differently in the primary.”
SWING-STATE POLL SPELLS TROUBLE FOR FAR LEFT AS SCHUMER-BACKED CANDIDATE DOMINATES WITH CRITICAL VOTING BLOCS
El-Sayed, an epidemiologist and a former Wayne County health director who unsuccessfully ran for governor as an insurgent candidate in 2018, would become the nation’s first Muslim senator if elected. He has made support for “Medicare for All” a major component of his campaign.
He has also called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement and has been a vocal critic of Israel during its war against Hamas, characterizing Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide” against Palestinians.
More than $80 million was spent on the primary, making it the most expensive Democratic Senate nomination contest in history. Much of the money came from outside groups supporting Stevens or opposing El-Sayed. The largest spender was United Democracy Project, a political action committee aligned with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which is best known by its acronym AIPAC.
“We all knew that they were going to spend their money. We didn’t know they were going to spend $70 million of their money. We didn’t know that they were going to outspend us $11 to $1. And yet we’re still standing,” El-Sayed highlighted in his speech.
El-Sayed urged party unity and took aim at former Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate nominee.
Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., a candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan, speaks to supporters on election night Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Detroit.(Paul Sancya/AP Photo)
Stevens also targeted Rogers during her primary night speech.
“Whoever wins is going to go and take on Mike Rogers. Republicans are going to do everything they can to throw all the dirt, all the mud, the kitchen sink at us because they want to keep the U.S. Senate red, so Mike Rogers can keep rubber-stamping Donald Trump’s ridiculous agenda,” she argued.
Of the two candidates, Republicans wanted El-Sayed, and old-guard Democrats feared his victory the most. The GOP is leaning into the bloody primary, too, hoping that the battle damage will have staying power in the weeks ahead until November.
“Not only is Rogers a battle-tested candidate who has coalesced the support of Michigan’s entire GOP ecosystem, but he will also be the beneficiary of Democrats’ dysfunction come November,” a Republican operative told Fox News Digital. “Abdul El-Sayed has emerged from this cycle’s Democratic primary more damaged than ever and susceptible to more onslaughts of criticism from within their own party.”
His surge in the polls sent Democrats scrambling to back Stevens, forcing Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Peters off the sidelines.
Peters told Fox News Digital that Stevens was a proven winner who had previously flipped a red district to blue, and that ultimately, the main goal was recapturing control of the Senate.
“But it doesn’t happen if we lose Michigan,” Peters said.
DEMS CLASH OVER AIPAC MONEY, ‘OGRE’ ATTACK AND ELECTABILITY DURING CRUCIAL SENATE DEBATE
Republican Senate candidate former Rep. Mike Rogers stands for a Fox News Digital interview, on Aug. 2, 2026, in Farmington Hills, Mich.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Stevens acknowledged the former in an interview with Fox News Digital, where she said, “Rogers has made it very clear that, you know, this gets easier if I am not the nominee.”
That’s because Republicans are leaning into El-Sayed being the more “extreme” of the two over his staunch opposition to U.S. aid for Israel, nixing corporate money in elections and pushing Medicare for all, which have all been underscored by his prior comments to defund police and recent “ogre on a pike” gaffe.
Still, his policy positions are hallmarks of the progressive movement that have earned him endorsements from the likes of Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
And his victory marks another loss for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who backed Stevens in her failed bid to claim the Democratic nomination.
Abdul El-Sayed holds a news conference after winning the Democratic Senate nomination in Michigan, on August 5, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan(Rich Edson/Fox News)
“Abdul El-Sayed’s victory marks another devastating loss for Chuck Schumer in his civil war with Bernie Sanders as Democrats position Mike Rogers to defeat socialism’s newest standard-bearer in November,” National Republican Senatorial Committee spokeswoman Bernadette Breslin told Fox News Digital.
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Rogers was game for either, but did toss a jab in at El-Sayed in an interview with Fox News Digital.
“We feel confident we’re going to beat either one of those candidates that come out of that race,” Rogers said. “They’ve both have gone off to the left.”
“They are very radical, and they are way too extreme for Michigan,” he continued. “I mean, Abdul, he has his own special sauce of crazy.”
Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News
