Démocrate Haley Stevens soutient le républicain Mike Rogers deux jours avant le scrutin
Representative Haley Stevens, a Democrat, has endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in the tight Michigan Senate race, two days before the election and after being uninvited from a joint event with Abdul El-Sayed.
Michigan Democratic Representative Haley Stevens has endorsed Republican Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race, two days before voters go to the polls. The move is a striking show of support for a Republican candidate backed by President Donald Trump, in a contest that polls describe as one of the tightest in the country.
Stevens lost the Democratic Senate primary in August to Abdul El-Sayed, who won by a slim margin. The endorsement comes after Stevens was uninvited from a joint event with El-Sayed scheduled for the same day. Coverage of the endorsement shows Stevens appearing alongside Rogers at a church service at Perfecting Church in Detroit on Sunday, November 1, 2026, a setting that outlets have highlighted as the visual centerpiece of the announcement.
The gesture has drawn wide attention because it breaks with the Democratic nominee's campaign at a critical moment. Stevens, who had been a leading Democratic contender for the seat, has now openly sided with the Republican rival of the candidate who defeated her. That leaves the Democratic side of the race visibly divided just before the vote, a split that the primary result and the exclusion from a shared event had already foreshadowed.
Coverage describes the endorsement as a dramatic reversal in a contest that has drawn national attention. Rogers and Stevens were photographed together in Detroit, and reports framed the appearance as an 11th-hour twist in a race that observers have watched closely as a possible factor in which party controls the Senate.
The timing is significant. The endorsement arrived in the final stretch of a campaign in which party unity has been under close scrutiny, and it signals a rupture within Democratic ranks in Michigan that goes beyond the primary itself. With election day two days away and polling showing the race as one of the closest in the country, the outcome remains uncertain. Stevens' decision is likely to be read by voters and party strategists as a test of how much Democratic loyalty holds after a bruising primary, though the available reporting does not detail any formal reaction from the El-Sayed campaign or from Democratic leadership.
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