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Election 2026 Michigan
People prepare to vote at Oakman Elementary School on primary election day, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026, in Detroit.
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Michigan’s marquee Democratic Senate primary, testing whether the party wants a progressive standard-bearer or an establishment-backed pick with government experience, tops Tuesday’s list of must-watch elections. Voters in Kansas, Missouri, Virginia and Washington state are also settling a host of races. But Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary between Bernie Sanders-backed Abdul El-Sayed and four-term Rep. Haley Stevens, has captured outsized attention as a stark indicator of what voters are looking for in a competitive battleground.
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