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Michigan
Democrats
Seek
Party
Unity as
El-Sayed
and
Stevens
Plan
Joint
Sunday
Rally
Walter
Hargrove
-
Political
Analyst
Tell Us
Detroit
News
Bureau
DETROIT
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Democratic
Senate
nominee
Abdul
El-Sayed
and U.S.
Representative
Haley
Stevens
are
scheduled
to make
a rare
joint
campaign
appearance
this
Sunday,
just two
days
before
Election
Day, as
Michigan
Democrats
work to
project
party
unity in
the
final
stretch
of a
highly
competitive
Senate
race.
The
joint
event
marks
the
first
public
appearance
together
in
months
for the
former
primary
rivals.
Stevens,
who
narrowly
lost the
Democratic
Senate
nomination
to
El-Sayed
after a
competitive
primary
season,
had
previously
expressed
reservations
about
appearing
alongside
him in
the
campaign's
closing
week,
pointing
to
policy
differences
and
recent
tensions
surrounding
third-party
campaign
advertisements.
Party
leaders
have
placed
heavy
emphasis
on
unifying
key
voting
blocs
across
metro
Detroit,
where
turnout
among
working-class,
suburban,
and
minority
voters
will be
critical
to
holding
the open
seat.
Former
President
Barack
Obama
recently
headlined
a major
rally in
Detroit
alongside
El-Sayed,
urging
voters
to rally
behind
the full
Democratic
slate.
With
early
voting
already
underway
across
Michigan,
both
campaigns
are
making a
concerted
push to
consolidate
base
support
before
polls
close on
Tuesday,
when
El-Sayed
faces
Republican
nominee
Mike
Rogers
in the
general
election.
Democratic
Senate
nominee
Abdul
El-Sayed
and
Republican
nominee
Mike
Rogers
offer
starkly
different
platforms
for
voters
in
Michigan.
Healthcare
Abdul
El-Sayed
advocates
for a
single-payer
Medicare
for All
system
to
guarantee
comprehensive
health
coverage
and
eliminate
private
insurance
premiums.
He also
prioritizes
breaking
up large
healthcare
monopolies
and
bringing
down
prescription
drug
costs.
Mike
Rogers
opposes
government-run
healthcare
and the
Affordable
Care
Act,
calling
for
market-driven
solutions,
expanding
access
to
generic
drugs,
and
increasing
price
transparency
to lower
costs
through
private
competition.
Economy,
Taxes,
and
Trade
Abdul
El-Sayed
favors
raising
taxes on
billionaires
and
corporations,
strengthening
labor
unions,
ending
free-trade
deals
that
offshore
jobs,
and
redirecting
resources
to
support
working-class
families.
Mike
Rogers
emphasizes
cutting
taxes,
lowering
regulatory
overhead,
expanding
vocational
and
skilled-trades
training,
and
using
targeted
tariffs
to
protect
local
manufacturing.
Housing
and Cost
of
Living
Abdul
El-Sayed
calls
for a
federal
building
boom of
affordable
housing
while
imposing
regulations
on hedge
funds,
corporate
landlords,
and real
estate
speculators
driving
up
housing
prices.
Mike
Rogers
supports
rolling
back
local
housing
regulations
to
encourage
private
construction
and
proposes
a
tax-free
savings
plan to
assist
first-time
homebuyers.
Artificial
Intelligence
and Data
Centers
Abdul
El-Sayed
proposes
regulating
AI
companies
like
public
utilities,
advocating
for
public
oversight
of AI
technology
and
pausing
data
center
expansions
to
evaluate
their
environmental
and
utility
impacts.
Mike
Rogers
supports
a
temporary
one-year
pause on
new data
center
projects
alongside
federal
guardrails
for AI
development.
Foreign
Policy
and
Defense
Abdul
El-Sayed
opposes
sustained
foreign
military
interventions
and
calls
for
reductions
in
defense
spending
to fund
domestic
priorities.
Mike
Rogers
favors a
strong
defense
posture,
maintaining
active
national
security
measures,
and
countering
foreign
adversaries.
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