Kamala Harris endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race after tight primary
Harris backed El-Sayed days after his narrow win over Haley Stevens, as Republican Mike Rogers courts Democratic voters
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Kamala Harris endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan Senate race after tight primary
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What this story says
- Kamala Harris endorsed Abdul El-Sayed for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat on 7 August 2026, three days after his primary victory over Haley Stevens.
- El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination with 48.5% of the vote, Stevens received 47.5%.
- Republican Mike Rogers posted a video the same day, urging Michigan Democrats to support him in November.
- None of the right-rated digests below mention the primary vote percentages.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 8 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
68/100
Craft
95/100
Hype
15/100
8 sources · methodology
Thin on the left so far
Only 1 of the 8 outlets with a published leaning rating that ran this story are rated left.
This story is still being watched, so it is a count and not yet a finding. Coverage keeps arriving for hours after an event, and a side that has published nothing this morning may publish by tonight. If it is still true when we stop checking, we will say so plainly.
Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed Abdul El-Sayed for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat on 7 August 2026. El-Sayed, a former Wayne County health official, won the Democratic primary on 4 August with 48.5% of the vote. His opponent, U.S. Representative Haley Stevens, received 47.5%.
Harris, who ran for president in 2024, said in a statement that El-Sayed would deliver "bold solutions to the crises facing America’s working families". El-Sayed called her support "critical to building an unstoppable coalition against Rogers, Trump and their assault on our rights and democracy".
On the same day, Republican Mike Rogers, a former U.S. House member, posted a video on social media targeting Michigan Democrats. He said, "If you are among the majority of Democratic voters that woke up on Wednesday feeling, well, hopeless because the person who won does not represent your values, just know: There is still hope."
What the coverage left out
None of the right-rated digests mention the primary vote percentages. The centre-rated digest from The Detroit News also omits them.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 6 times, most recently on 8 Aug 2026, 20:15, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
1 rated outlet
- USA Today led on Kamala Harris’s endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers’s outreach to Democrats. The report included the primary vote percentages, Harris’s statement in full, and El-Sayed’s response. It described the endorsement as an attempt to unify Democrats after a "contentious race" against Stevens.
Centre
2 rated outlets
- The Detroit News digest noted that Abdul El-Sayed had defeated Haley Stevens to win the Democratic nomination. It did not mention the vote percentages or Harris’s statement.
Right
5 rated outlets
- Breitbart’s digest described Kamala Harris as a "failed presidential candidate" and used El-Sayed’s full name, Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed. The other four right-rated digests, The National Desk, abc 7 WJLA, WPEC and WLUK, each said Harris had appealed to the party’s "frustrated base" with an "affordability-focused message". None of the five digests mentioned the primary vote percentages.
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8 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
1Centre
2Right
5- Failed Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Endorses Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed for Michigan Senate (opens Breitbart in a new tab)
- Harris endorses Michigan Democrat El-Sayed for coveted US Senate seat (opens WLUK in a new tab)
- Harris endorses Michigan Democrat El-Sayed for coveted US Senate seat (opens WPEC in a new tab)
- Harris endorses Michigan Democrat El-Sayed for coveted US Senate seat (opens ABC 7 WJLA in a new tab)
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- Harris endorses Michigan Democrat El-Sayed for coveted US Senate seat (opens The National Desk in a new tab)
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0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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