cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/69592
Abdul El-Sayed Triumphs Over Haley Stevens in $60M Loss for AIPAC, Corporations
Former public health official Abdul El-Sayed has achieved a dominant win in Michigan’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday, winning by a narrow margin over Rep. Haley Stevens in a ground-shaking triumph over the $60 million spent by AIPAC and corporations to oppose him. With over 95 percent of the vote counted, El-Sayed had 48.5 percent of the vote, compared to Stevens’s 47.5…
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Uh, 48.5 to 47.5 isn’t a “triumph” or a “dominant win”.
It’s surprising and seismic, but it was a narrow victory. I hear Piker’s livestream was full of people screaming at each other last night when they were starting the night expecting to romp.
Last minute, El-Sayed also definitely seemed cocky.
While a 1% win isn’t generally a “triumph”, it is in the context of a moderate endorsement diff in a swing state, and a whopping 10-1 spending diff! Like holy shit, doomsayers go home, change is possible no matter the odds if you organize and get out there!
If you’re not going to help row the boat jump off and start swimming back to shore.
It was a win, winning fixes everything.
But it wasn’t the ten point win a lot of people expected.