Detroit voters call on Democrats to unite around El-Sayed after stunning victory of far-left progressive DETROIT — Fox News Digital hit the streets of the Motor City on Wednesday to speak with voters after progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed scored a huge win against the Democratic establishment in the Senate primary race. "I'm ecstatic that he won. I'm very happy that he won. I was rooting for him the entire way," Justice Cook, a downtown Detroit resident, told Fox News Digital after El-Sayed clinched the nomination. "When I saw the results, I was watching it all night. I was happy. I actually went to bed at 3 or 4 o'clock in the morning. I couldn't sleep," Cook added. "Because the candid
ate of change that I wanted was finally able to get in, I was excited. Abdul put in the work — the groundwork. I saw him about four or five months ago, and I was always skeptical that he could pull it off, but when he pulled it off, I was just excited about it all the way around. So, go Abdul!" 2026 MIDTERMS STATE OF PLAY: KEY RACES UNFOLD AS STEVENS, EL-SAYED BATTLE IN MICHIGAN Other local voters expressed similar enthusiasm over El-Sayed’s victory, with one noting that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s election victory helped pave the way for the Michigan Senate hopeful. "I think it's great and about time. I live in Detroit and I voted for him. We were watching deep into the night and I
didn't quite make it to him winning, but I woke up to good news," Amy Oprean said. Angela Barkley, a Midtown Detroit resident, was equally thrilled by the election results. "I'm thrilled — it's who I voted for, it's who I wanted to win. I think that he's going to make really good things happen. I could see what Mamdani was doing for New York and I really hope that we get a little bit of the good things like that here," Barkley said. MAMDANI DOUBLES DOWN ON DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM WHILE INSISTING WALL STREET, BUSINESS LEADERS CAN WORK WITH HIM El-Sayed narrowly bested Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., to secure the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in what became one of the country's most conten