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Senior Reporter with Michigan Advance. Geek of All Trades. Equal opportunity muckraker.

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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 9h
Speaker Mike Johnson talks Iran, public safety with Tom Barrett in Michigan 7th campaign stop michiganadvance.com/2026/10/08/s... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Speaker Mike Johnson talks Iran, public safety with Tom Barrett in Michigan 7th campaign stop • Michigan Advance
MASON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson called in air support for Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett on Wednesday as the congressman winds down his reelection campaign to Michigan’s 7th Congressional Di...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 07/10/2026
Michigan Advance Fact Check: Tom Barrett’s voting record and Will Lawrence’s goals for healthcare michiganadvance.com/2026/10/07/m... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Michigan Advance Fact Check: Tom Barrett’s voting record and Will Lawrence’s goals for healthcare • Michigan Advance
U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett’s congressional and his time in the Michigan Legislature came under fire during the first televised debate between him and Democratic nominee Will Lawrence, as did the challenger...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 06/10/2026
Iran war, Trump tariffs and Michigan data centers dominate questions during Barrett-Lawrence debate michiganadvance.com/2026/10/06/i... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Iran war, Trump tariffs and Michigan data centers dominate questions during Barrett-Lawrence debate • Michigan Advance
The reelection campaign of Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett and the progressive insurgency of Democratic nominee Will Lawerence came to a head Tuesday during the first — and potentially last — debate ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 06/10/2026
Supporters of Barrett, Lawrence clash at dueling protests ahead of debate michiganadvance.com/2026/10/05/s... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Supporters of Barrett, Lawrence clash at dueling protests ahead of debate • Michigan Advance
Members of “Spartans for Will,” who back Democrat Will Lawrence, and supporters of Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte) clashed in a war of words and protest signs in downtown Lansing on Mon...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 06/10/2026
Members of “Spartans for Will” Lawrence and supporters of U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte) clashed in a war of words and protest signs in downtown Lansing on Monday evening during a pair of demonstrations. Photos and video by @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 05/10/2026
Stevens: Endorses Abdul Slotkin: Endorses Abdul Nessel: Endorses Abdul Peters: Endorses Abdul Whitmer: Endorses Abdul Harris: Endorses Abdul DSCC: $30M helping Abdul OBAMA: Endorses Abdul Leftists: "WHY DO MODERATES WANT ABDUL TO LOSE???" www.chicagotribune.com/2026/10/05/b...
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Barack Obama is to appear with Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit
Former President Barack Obama will campaign alongside Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit later this month.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 05/10/2026
For U-M pro-Palestinian protesters, consequences linger after charges were dropped  michiganadvance.com/2026/10/05/f...
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For U-M pro-Palestinian protesters, consequences linger after charges were dropped  • Michigan Advance
Even after criminal charges were dismissed, some protesters say university disciplinary actions and campus bans continued to affect them.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 05/10/2026
Infinite possibilities breed infinite concerns as Michigan voters weigh ‘Con-Con’ question michiganadvance.com/2026/10/05/i... From @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social
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Infinite possibilities breed infinite concerns as Michigan voters weigh ‘Con-Con’ question • Michigan Advance
In Michigan, the debate over whether to call a constitutional convention boils down to two differing perspectives: opportunity versus uncertainty.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Accurate.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 04/10/2026
Democrats target Macomb County with a first-ever joint town hall featuring El-Sayed, Slotkin michiganadvance.com/2026/10/04/d... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Democrats target Macomb County with a first-ever joint town hall featuring El-Sayed, Slotkin • Michigan Advance
The importance of Macomb County to Michigan Democrats’ 2026 playbook was on full display Saturday as U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin joined U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed for a joint town hall event that...
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I've not had a single GOP-related or affiliated canvasser come by to sway our votes. This is an all-vibes observation, but it certainly doesn't bode well for the Republicans if this is the kind of ground game the Dems are deploying right now.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I have had so many progressive and Dem canvassers come by my house in Lansing to talk about the issues in the election and to ask if we were voting. The Dems are really out here working to win this, at least in my neck of the woods.
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Black Power: Fists Up, 'I'm Black Y'all'
ALT: Black Power: Fists Up, 'I'm Black Y'all'
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 30/09/2026
Elissa Slotkin to join with Abdul El-Sayed at Warren town hall michiganadvance.com/2026/09/30/e... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Elissa Slotkin to join with Abdul El-Sayed at Warren town hall • Michigan Advance
Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed will have some extra firepower at his planned town hall tour stop in Warren this weekend, with U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin as the event’s newly anno...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 30/09/2026
Sanders, El-Sayed vow to improve healthcare work environments if Democrats take back U.S Senate michiganadvance.com/2026/09/30/s... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Sanders, El-Sayed vow to improve healthcare work environments if Democrats take back U.S Senate • Michigan Advance
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has big plans for the U.S. Senate’s healthcare and labor policy-making committee if Democrats take back chamber in the upcoming general election, and Michigan Democratic U.S. ...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 29/09/2026
Noah Arbit, Mark Bernstein join ‘Nonnegotiable’ Jewish Democrats with policy demands for El-Sayed michiganadvance.com/2026/09/29/n... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Noah Arbit, Mark Bernstein join ‘Nonnegotiable’ Jewish Democrats with policy demands for El-Sayed • Michigan Advance
Noah Arbit, Mark Bernstein join ‘Nonnegotiable’ Jewish Democrats with policy demands for El-Sayed
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Thank you!
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I work for Michigan Advance. Please remove the photo you've used with this story. That is our intellectual property and you had to receive permission to use it. Please also link this story per our republished guidelines. michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/m...
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Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. • Michigan Advance
Rogers says he built Chrysler vehicles on an assembly line. Records show his work was at an aftermarket facility that modified vehicles after they left the factory.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
That's a different Mike Rogers, so I question the veracity of your data here.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Buncha squares.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 25/09/2026
Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. michiganadvance.com/2026/09/24/m... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Mike Rogers claims he was an assembly line worker. The UAW said that is stretching the truth. • Michigan Advance
Rogers says he built Chrysler vehicles on an assembly line. Records show his work was at an aftermarket facility that modified vehicles after they left the factory.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 23/09/2026
House GOP bill would require secretary of state to step aside from election duties if on the ballot michiganadvance.com/2026/09/23/h... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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House GOP bill would require secretary of state to step aside from election duties if on the ballot • Michigan Advance
Democratic members serving on a state House election integrity panel said Tuesday that they had concerns about a Republican bill that would require Michigan’s secretary of state to recuse themselves f...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 23/09/2026
Nessel discusses threats of federal monitors, law enforcement at polling places during voter forum michiganadvance.com/2026/09/23/n... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Nessel discusses threats of federal monitors, law enforcement at polling places during voter forum • Michigan Advance
Nessel discusses threats of federal monitors, law enforcement at polling places during voter forum
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 22/09/2026
Former VP Kamala Harris stumps with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, highlighting Black maternal health michiganadvance.com/2026/09/22/f... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Former VP Kamala Harris stumps with Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan, highlighting Black maternal health • Michigan Advance
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed appeared with former Vice President Kamala Harris Tuesday, with the latter flying in for a roundtable event in Detroit focused on Black maternal health. H...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 22/09/2026
Dana Nessel says she’ll vote for Abdul El-Sayed, ending potential Michigan Democratic Party rift michiganadvance.com/2026/09/22/d... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Dana Nessel says she’ll vote for Abdul El-Sayed, ending potential Michigan Democratic Party rift • Michigan Advance
Dana Nessel says she’ll vote for Abdul El-Sayed, ending potential Michigan Democratic Party rift
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 03/09/2026
Michigan AG investigating alleged embezzlement of state grant from the American Arab Chamber michiganadvance.com/2026/09/03/m... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Michigan AG investigating alleged embezzlement of state grant from the American Arab Chamber • Michigan Advance
State law enforcement officials are now investigating what happened to a portion of a $3.4 million state grant that was routed away from the American Arab Chamber of Commerce without a clear explanati...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 31/08/2026
Vance attacks El-Sayed at Michigan GOP rally without mentioning trade war with Canada michiganadvance.com/2026/08/31/v... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Vance attacks El-Sayed at Michigan GOP rally without mentioning trade war with Canada • Michigan Advance
U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Monday did not even once mention the nation’s ongoing trade war with Canada — and The White House’s politically charged renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America as a re...
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Cheyenne @cheyenne77.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
@bensolis1.bsky.social Thank you! It's been hard to find info on how Hispanic Michiganders voted in the primary. Latino turnout jumps in Michigan primary as community’s political power grows michiganadvance.com/2026/08/24/l...
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Latino turnout jumps in Michigan primary as community’s political power grows • Michigan Advance
Latino and Hispanic Michiganders were motivated to vote in the 2026 primary election in part to support the community’s candidates and issues they care about, which advocates say led to a more than 10...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 20/08/2026
Mike Rogers touts Democratic defectors as he seeks to exploit divisions over Abdul El-Sayed michiganadvance.com/2026/08/20/m... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Mike Rogers touts Democratic defectors as he seeks to exploit divisions over Abdul El-Sayed • Michigan Advance
Standing on the front lawn of a home in a Detroit neighborhood, Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers brought together a group of Democrats who on Thursday said they would vote for the former con...
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So a disgruntled Detroit Dem, a Rabbi and Mike Rogers walk into a bar... Dad jokes aside, Mike Rogers is making a serious play for disaffected Democratic voters who might not support Abdul El-Sayed. Dispatch from me in @michiganadvance.com michiganadvance.com/2026/08/20/m...
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Mike Rogers touts Democratic defectors as he seeks to exploit divisions over Abdul El-Sayed • Michigan Advance
Standing on the front lawn of a home in a Detroit neighborhood, Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers brought together a group of Democrats who on Thursday said they would vote for the former con...
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Huntington Woods Rabbi Asher Lopatin discusses why he's choosing Republican U.S Senate nominee Mike Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. @michiganadvance.com
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Greetings from Detroit. Here to see the unveiling of the Democrats for Rogers coalition. I'm told a very controversial legislative Democrat from the area will be here speaking in support of Rogers, along with others. @michiganadvance.com
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 19/08/2026
Thanks to @davidsirota.com and @thelever.bsky.social for republishing this Michigan Advance story by @bensolis1.bsky.social www.levernews.com/this-senate-...
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This Senate Candidate Tried To Let His Future Employer Spy On You
Mike Rogers took thousands from AT&T, pushed to let telecoms share private customer data without a warrant, then joined the company as a security adviser.
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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 19/08/2026
There have been hundreds of settler attacks this year in the West Bank, resulting in death and injuries -- including awful incidents this past weekend. Settlers have killed civilians, surrounded homes, burned down villages and mosques, and kept innocent civilians from food and water.
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Settler siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank a 'horrific act of terror,' U.S. ambassador says
Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank for several days, including one owned by a Palestinian American.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
He's the nominee and that's on the candidate. As the article states, it's not necessarily the party's role or function to be doing the fence mending, the party is a conduit of funding, promotion and logistics. The candidate and their surrogates need to make that case to voters. They are doing that.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I think you are putting words in my mouth, friend. Thank you for reading. Have a nice day.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Abdul's own campaign knows and has admitted that it has work to do to bring those people back into the fold. It's why he has both McMorrow and Stevens out there working their voters. It's why he's now turning to more horseshoe issues like Flock cameras (smart). They are out there doing that work now
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
You are inputing an agenda on this article when there is none. To say that he doesn't have to do work to mend fences is not a knock, it's real politik. All of this macro campaign finance reform and foreign policy gazing has very little to do with why some Dems are choosing to not support him.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Yes, and I'm looking for a real tomato.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It states the obvious. The Democrats were fractured not because of out of state spending, but because AIPAC was the focus and many Jews across the state are left feeling like they've been othered by rhetoric against thee prominent pro-Israel PAC. He does have to bring them back into the fold.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 19/08/2026
Telecom industry gave Mike Rogers nearly $100K while he pushed to deepen government data sharing michiganadvance.com/2026/08/19/t... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Telecom industry gave Mike Rogers nearly $100K while he pushed to deepen government data sharing • Michigan Advance
Mike Rogers’ legislative record and post-congressional work reveal deep ties to the telecommunications industry.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The article doesn't say that.
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 10/08/2026
El-Sayed has a coalition to rebuild after a bruising Democratic primary  michiganadvance.com/2026/08/10/e... From @bensolis1.bsky.social
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El-Sayed has a coalition to rebuild after a bruising Democratic primary  • Michigan Advance
Abdul El-Sayed has a lot of work on his hands as he marches his U.S. Senate campaign toward the general election, and much of that will center on bridging deep divides held over from his battle agains...
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 06/08/2026
High turnout shaped Michigan primary, boosting El-Sayed and Lawrence to victory michiganadvance.com/2026/08/06/h... Election analysis from @bensolis1.bsky.social
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High turnout shaped Michigan primary, boosting El-Sayed and Lawrence to victory • Michigan Advance
Early data also showed a potential gap in enthusiasm for the GOP candidates in the gubernatorial race compared to the Democrat's side of the race
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Michigan Advance @michiganadvance.com · 05/08/2026
Bernie Sanders calls El-Sayed win the most ‘extraordinary victory in modern American politics’ michiganadvance.com/2026/08/05/b... By @bensolis1.bsky.social
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Bernie Sanders calls El-Sayed win the most ‘extraordinary victory in modern American politics’ • Michigan Advance
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has been talking about a progressive political revolution for more than 10 years. On Wednesday, Sanders told reporters on a post-Aug. 4 election press call that hi...
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary too close to call, but I will update once we get a reliable result or projection. michiganadvance.com/2026/08/05/m...
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Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary too close to call • Michigan Advance
As of 1 a.m. Wednesday, Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary is currently too close to call, with former Wayne County health official Abdul El-Sayed and U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) cur...
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
With 41% of the Michigan vote in: @abdulelsayed.bsky.social: 49.6% @rephaleystevens.bsky.social: 46.6% Per Associated Press. This race will go down to the wire.
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Man Balancing on Tight Rope Between Cliffs
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Haley has a spread for supporters, charcuterie, drinks at the bar, etc. Abdul is based in the same building as the great Sgt. Pepperoni. Take that as you will.
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Swanky affair here at the Haley watch party at Hotel St. Regis. Much different vibe here; very formal. Supporters for Haley hanging out with a big spread in a separate section of the watch party. Press is in the other room
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Ben Solis @bensolis1.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Greetings from Detroit. Here first at the @abdulelsayed.bsky.social watch party at the Majestic Theater. I'll be stopping by @rephaleystevens.bsky.social watch party shortly.
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Katherine Dailey @kdailey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
And I'd be remiss not to highlight the hard work of @bensolis1.bsky.social on the Senate Democratic primary (michiganadvance.com/2026/07/28/d...) and @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social on a number of competitive U.S. House races (michiganadvance.com/2026/07/30/s...) that will set the stage for the midterms.
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