US midterms: 1 day to go – Democrats rally around El-Sayed amid attacks

On the eve of the US midterm elections, Democrats are hoping to regain control of both chambers of Congress, with all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats at stake. In Michigan, Democratic Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the party’s Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed in August, announced that she would back Republican candidate Mike Rogers. Their dispute has centred in part on US support for Israel: El-Sayed opposes military support, while Stevens has accused him of antisemitism. Democratic leaders have rallied behind El-Sayed, who has also faced Islamophobic attacks during the campaign.