Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Representative Haley Stevens. (Photos: AP, X)
\n\nA bitter feud between two senior Democrats in Michigan has escalated in the final days of the US midterm campaign, casting fresh uncertainty over a Senate race that could help determine control of Congress.
\n\nAbdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee, said on Saturday that his former primary rival, Representative Haley Stevens, should not attend a Detroit church service he plans to visit on Sunday. The event, which is also expected to feature Representative James E Clyburn of South Carolina, had been billed as a show of party unity.
\n\n“I don’t want any distractions,” El-Sayed told reporters after a campaign rally in Sterling Heights, a suburb of Detroit. “It seems as though other folks are interested in making this race about things that it’s not about.”
\n\nThe growing rift between El-Sayed, a progressive, and Stevens, a more moderate Democrat whom he defeated in the primary, has raised questions about whether they will appear together at the planned unity gathering. Their disagreement centres on US support for Israel.
\n\nThe dispute has become particularly significant as Democrats seek to regain control of the Senate. The party needs to flip at least…
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