Haley Stevens Reverses Course to Campaign With Abdul El-Sayed 2 Days Before Election
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Updated · The New York Times · Oct 30
Haley Stevens Reverses Course to Campaign With Abdul El-Sayed 2 Days Before Election
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Oct 30
Summary
Sunday’s Detroit appearance will put Haley Stevens alongside Abdul El-Sayed at a Black church, a sharp turnaround after she said Wednesday she would not campaign with him before Tuesday’s election.
Stevens said she was asked to join a “souls to the polls” event with El-Sayed and Representative James Clyburn, who had backed her in the August Democratic Senate primary.
The shift follows days of visible friction: Stevens had criticized El-Sayed in interviews, while her fiancé endorsed Republican Mike Rogers and appeared with Rogers at a Wednesday campaign event.
Black voters are central to the move because Stevens outperformed El-Sayed with them in the primary, and he has since worked to strengthen support in Detroit, including hosting Kamala Harris on a campaign stop.