Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan primary victory is the latest win for progressives challenging establishment-backed Democrats – as it happened

Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, has won Michigan's Democratic primary for US Senate, defeating establishment-backed Haley Stevens by fewer than fifteen thousand votes, the Guardian reports. The victory marks another win for progressives challenging the Democratic establishment's preferred candidates in primary races.

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