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Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Crucial Michigan Senate Race
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the nation’s most prominent progressives, is endorsing Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for Senate in Michigan, wading into her first contested Senate primary of 2026 in one of the nation’s top battlegrounds.
Her endorsement, which she made in an interview with The New York Times, represents one of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s most assertive moves so far this year to build up the left flank of the Democratic Party. And it puts the congresswoman from New York in direct conflict with Senator Chuck Schumer, who has backed a more moderate candidate, Representative Haley Stevens, who he argues is more electable.
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said she holds the opposite view. She made the case that it is Dr. El-Sayed who has energized voters and built the kind of campaign and coalition to deliver the crucial state for Democrats.
“Despite our ideological differences and whatever disagreements there are in the party, every single one of us sees this moment as existential,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said. “And I think many people are willing to put aside differences in order to give us the best chance at winning. And I think that Abdul gives us that right now.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/us/politics/ocasio-cortez-endorses-abdul-el-sayed-in-crucial-michigan-senate-race.html
Her endorsement, which she made in an interview with The New York Times, represents one of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez’s most assertive moves so far this year to build up the left flank of the Democratic Party. And it puts the congresswoman from New York in direct conflict with Senator Chuck Schumer, who has backed a more moderate candidate, Representative Haley Stevens, who he argues is more electable.
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said she holds the opposite view. She made the case that it is Dr. El-Sayed who has energized voters and built the kind of campaign and coalition to deliver the crucial state for Democrats.
“Despite our ideological differences and whatever disagreements there are in the party, every single one of us sees this moment as existential,” Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said. “And I think many people are willing to put aside differences in order to give us the best chance at winning. And I think that Abdul gives us that right now.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/us/politics/ocasio-cortez-endorses-abdul-el-sayed-in-crucial-michigan-senate-race.html