Why Did Democrat Haley Stevens Endorse a Republican for the US Senate?

Two days before the US midterm elections, Michigan Democratic Representative Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers over her party’s nominee, Abdul El-Sayed. Stevens lost the Democratic primary to El-Sayed in August and had said as recently as Wednesday that she wanted him to win. Her reversal follows weeks of tensions between the two Democrats over Israel and the war in Gaza, and has drawn backlash within the party. Stevens’s fiancé, Jason Turkish, had already said he would vote for Rogers, accusing El-Sayed of antisemitism.