The Michigan Test: What's at Stake for Democrats in Today's Primaries The Democratic Party faces a critical moment of self examination as voters in five states cast their ballots in primary elections, with the high stakes Michigan Senate race taking center stage.
This contest is less about the candidates themselves than it is about the ideological direction the party will take heading into November's midterm elections.
Michigan's Democratic primary has become a proxy war between progressive and centrist factions. Representative Haley Stevens is backed by establishment Democrats, while Abdul El Sayed runs on a more radical platform.