Dem Rep Haley Stevens, Fresh From Split With Abdul El-Sayed, Endorses Republican Challenger Mike Rogers Two Days Before Midterms

Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens broke with both former rival for Michigan’s open Senate seat Abdul El-Sayed as well as their party Sunday to endorse the Republican nominee, Mike Rogers, just two days before the midterm elections.

Hours after making an appearance with Rogers at a Detroit church Sunday afternoon, the congresswoman shocked observers by calling on her constituents to vote for the Rogers. She stated she “does not belong in Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign or stand with Hasan Piker,” during a video posted to her X account after the event.

I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today. https://t.co/pQgfSBuhOJ

— Haley Stevens (@HaleyforMI) November 1, 2026

“As you may have seen, our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, said that I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away,” Stevens also said. “And he’s right. That’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.”

“What our students see, what our children see, and who we are as Michiganders is not hate and that is not what we are getting from our Democratic nominee right now,” Stevens continued in the video. “I’m still a very proud Democrat and very much believe in everything I voted for.”

El-Sayed and Stevens have been caught sniping each other over their differing stances on Israel, firing statements back and forth online in the days leading up to the hotly contested midterm election. Stevens narrowly lost to El-Sayed in the Michigan primaries. Notably, she was reportedly disinvited from a competing church event with him and Democratic South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn.

Stevens issued a statement Friday asking for El-Sayed to apologize for a campaign ad claiming that Jews are responsible for America’s economic woes. El-Sayed, a staunch critic of Israel, responded by asking Stevens to stay away from all his remaining campaign events.

Stevens’s surprise Sunday endorsement prompted quick reactions and statement from both sides of the aisle, as well as online users claiming to be her constituents.

The chair of Michigan’s Democratic Party, Curtis Hertel Jr., issued a scathing statement saying the party “stands united and fully behind Abdul El-Sayed” and that Stevens’s decision to campaign with Rogers “shows that she’s abandoned everything she claims to care about.”

“We reject the attempts by Stevens and bad-faith actors to divide our party and undermine our momentum, and will not allow these eleventh-hour distractions deter us,” it continues.