About this episode

The episode covers the televised debate between U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed following Mallory McMorrow's exit from the Senate race.

On the heels of Michigan Senator Mallory McMorrow’s decision to drop out of the U.S. Senate race, leading contenders in the Democratic primary, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed met up in a televised debate last night that was Michiganders’ first look at how the candidates stack up directly against each other.   Want to get political updates from Zoe and Rick straight to your inbox? Sign up for the It's Just Politics newsletter! Support the show: http://michiganradio.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Guests: Haley Stevens, Abdul El-Sayed

Topics covered

• Michigan Senate race
• Democratic primary
• televised debate
• political candidates
• politics

Keywords

• Michigan
• Senate race
• Haley Stevens
• Abdul El-Sayed
• debate
• politics
• Democratic primary

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Organizations: Michigan Public

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