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08-13-26 Part One - El Sayed's One Percent Win

13 Aug 2026 · 1 h 16 min

In part one of Red Eye Radio with Gary McNamara and Eric Harley, defying the Democratic establishment and an onslaught of outside spending against him, Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won Michigan’s fiercely contested US Senate primary and will advance to the general election against Republican Mike Rogers. The Associated Press called the race for El-Sayed Wednesday at 9:56 a.m., declaring him the winner over Democratic rival Haley Stevens. He led by 1% with 99% of all ballots counted. Speaking earlier Wednesday, before the race was called, El-Sayed thanked supporters for joining what he called a movement “built on the foundation of what this government was supposed to be in the first place, government of the people, by the people.”

Also inflation was moderate in July, but energy prices remain elevated The Consumer Price Index for July showed prices rose 3.4 percent from a year ago as the war in Iran dragged on / and audio from Chris Matthews on 'Morning Joe' on immigration and borders the DSA would like to abolish.

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