Politiek · Michigan primary · ArchiefEl-Sayed's Lead Collapses to Fewer Than 15,000 Votes in Michigan Democratic PrimaryGeschreven 7 september 2026 om 21:22 UTCKijkenTranscript0:00Abdul El-Sayed's lead in Michigan's0:01Democratic Senate primary [music]0:03has collapsed to fewer than 15,000 votes0:05under a single percentage point [music]0:07after overnight counting in Wayne0:09County.0:10CNN reports the race remains [music] too0:12early to call. The math behind that0:13warning, statewide, 96% of the vote is0:16in. Wayne County, [music] home to0:18Detroit, the state's largest and0:20traditionally slowest counting county,0:22has now reported 88% of its ballots, up0:24from about 84% earlier this morning.0:26[music] Inside that county, Haley0:28Stevens leads by roughly 17,000 votes, a0:31margin that has grown as more ballots0:33are tallied. [music]0:34The New York Times estimates between0:3510,000 and 17,000 votes remain uncounted0:38[music] in Wayne County, and they are0:40breaking for Stevens. Early this0:41morning, El-Sayed's lead stood at about0:4419,000 [music] votes. It's now down to0:46fewer than 15,000, a margin of less than0:49a single point.0:50At the same [music] time, Stevens' lead0:52inside Wayne County has grown from0:54roughly 14,000 to about 17,000 votes, a0:57six-percentage-point [music]0:58advantage that, if it holds among the1:00still uncounted ballots, could erase1:02El-Sayed's statewide lead entirely. That1:04county, [music] which includes Detroit,1:06is the only one with substantial vote1:08outstanding. The Stevens [music]1:09campaign is watching the mail-in ballots1:11still being processed there. She1:13performed well on late-arriving mail1:15ballots Tuesday, and Democrats [music]1:17believe there remains a path to victory.1:19Both candidates are waiting. El-Sayed, a1:21former Detroit health director, said the1:24closeness was humbling and acknowledged1:26that polls [music] in the final days1:27were not right. Stevens, serving her1:29third term in Congress, has campaigned1:31on a more moderate platform. Each has1:34pledged to [music] support the other1:35depending on the outcome. The winner1:37will face Republican Mike Rogers in1:38November in a race that could help1:40determine which party controls the US1:42Senate.Lees het artikelTijdlijn van het verhaalHeyDexDe korte video ↗
