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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the nation\u2019s most prominent progressives, is endorsing Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for Senate in Michigan, wading into her first contested Senate primary of 2026 in one of the nation\u2019s top battlegrounds.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Her endorsement, which she made in an interview with The New York Times, represents one of Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s most assertive moves so far this year to build up the left flank of the Democratic Party. And it puts the representative from New York in direct conflict with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the minority leader who has backed a more moderate candidate, Rep. Haley Stevens, who he argues is more electable.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez said she holds the opposite view. She made the case that it is El-Sayed who has energized voters and built the kind of campaign and coalition to deliver the crucial state for Democrats.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDespite our ideological differences and whatever disagreements there are in the party, every single one of us sees this moment as existential,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez said. \u201cAnd I think many people are willing to put aside differences in order to give us the best chance at winning. And I think that Abdul gives us that right now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Her intervention could energize progressive activists, who see a potential champion in El-Sayed. It could also enrage establishment-minded Democrats who are fearful that the party will fumble away a crucial Senate seat in a year that favors Democrats by veering left in a battleground state that voted for President Donald Trump in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s endorsement follows a series of left-wing victories in competitive House primaries in deep-blue districts in Colorado and New York. Ocasio-Cortez did not endorse in those races. But the results have emboldened many on the left to believe that 2026 is the year to take power, not just from Republicans, but inside the Democratic Party itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Michigan primary, scheduled for Aug. 4, is widely seen as the most consequential Democratic nominating contest left on the calendar this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

The race pits El-Sayed, an outspoken progressive proponent of \u201cMedicare for All,\u201d against the moderate Stevens, who has been boosted by more than $16 million in super political action committee spending, including millions from pro-Israel groups. Mallory McMorrow, a state senator who has built a national following of her own, has run as a progressive and tried to occupy an ideological middle ground between the other two.<\/span><\/p>\n

El-Sayed, who would be the nation\u2019s first Muslim senator, has emerged as the front-runner in recent public and private polls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ocasio-Cortez was careful not to directly criticize Stevens, who serves in the House with her. But she effusively praised El-Sayed\u2019s communications skills, which she said are as essential to modern campaigning as anything else.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJust like it\u2019s extremely challenging to run candidates that can\u2019t raise money, it\u2019s also just as challenging to run a candidate that can\u2019t message online,\u201d said Ocasio-Cortez, who for years has been one of party\u2019s magnets for attention on social media. \u201cI think we\u2019ve now kind of crossed this Rubicon where online and digital messaging is no longer a niche. It is a core competency, just like any other.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Other Democrats fear that El-Sayed, who earned an endorsement last year from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and who pushed to \u201cabolish ICE\u201d in a recent ad, is too liberal for a state with a history of embracing centrist Democrats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whoever wins the Democratic nomination will face Mike Rogers, a Republican former member of Congress who lost in 2024 to Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat, by fewer than 20,000 votes.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a separate interview Wednesday, El-Sayed said he was thrilled to receive \u201cthe AOC seal of approval,\u201d her first Senate endorsement of the cycle in a contested primary. He also recently won the backing of the United Auto Workers union, which has a storied history in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m honored for what her support says about what this campaign is building and what we\u2019re fighting for,\u201d he said. He also waved off fears about his electability.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think too many establishment Democrats are more afraid that I will win,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s really what they\u2019re trying to avoid.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He called out Schumer in particular.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe doesn\u2019t want to see me on the inside of the U.S. Senate,\u201d El-Sayed said, adding that he would call out \u201cthe kind of politics where we take money from corporations and AIPAC to run milquetoast campaigns and don\u2019t say anything about the problems that everyday people are facing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared in <\/i>The New York Times<\/i>.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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