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Outgoing Sen. Gary Peters ended his neutrality stance in the race to replace him and endorsed Rep. Haley Stevens over far-left Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.<\/p>\n

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Michigan\u2019s primary has become a national proxy fight over the party\u2019s direction \u2014 and its ability to retake the Senate amid rising anxiety about an energized left flank led by Mr. El\u2011Sayed.<\/p>\n

Mr. Peters\u2019 decision puts him firmly in the establishment camp, alongside Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and opposite Sen. Bernard Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio\u2011Cortez, who have rallied behind Mr. El\u2011Sayed\u2019s vow to push the party leftward, including on Israel.<\/p>\n

\u201cColleen & I are all in for Haley Stevens for U.S. Senate. Michigan \u2013 and the country \u2013 can\u2019t afford to lose this seat,\u201d Mr. Peters said on social media.<\/p>\n

He described Ms. Stevens as \u201cthe fighter we need\u201d with \u201cthe record to back it up.\u201d<\/p>\n

First elected in 2014, Mr. Peters served as head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in 2024. He had planned to stay neutral. But he changed course days after the far-left run of Graham Platner imploded in Maine after a former girlfriend accused him of rape. The abrupt demise of the Graham campaign muddied Democrats\u2019 chances of unseating GOP incumbent Sen. Susan Collins, who is seeking a sixth term.<\/p>\n

Mr. Peters is not alone in his decision to get involved in the Michigan primary race.<\/p>\n

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Democratic leaders have increasingly rallied behind Ms. Stevens as the Aug. 4 primary approaches and concerns grow that Mr. El\u2011Sayed is too far left to succeed in November.<\/p>\n

Ms. Stevens has stressed her electability, arguing that her moderate brand is a far better fit for Michigan, as evidenced by her four terms in the U.S. House.<\/p>\n

Mr. El\u2011Sayed\u2019s left-wing agenda includes Medicare for All and ending support for Israel, which he accuses of genocide in Gaza.<\/p>\n

He also criticizes Ms. Stevens for being too cozy with the pro\u2011Israel lobby and doing the bidding of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee or AIPAC.<\/p>\n

Ms. Stevens has held firm in her support of Israel, but has tried to shield herself from the attacks by directing criticism at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rather than Israel as a whole.<\/p>\n

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