Say whatever you want about the Senate Majority PAC but they picked up the phone here and said "Abdul, do not worry about the white people, we are ON IT"

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 4h ago

A new @abdulelsayed.bsky.social ad out from Senate Majority PAC — stark contrast to the Mike Rogers fearmongering that has already started

Kent County is coming for you in 2028. It voted for AES by a margin of 61-35.

Thomas HD@degolierthomas.bsky.social · 4h ago

Hillary Scholten certainly provided us with a statement.

my extremely boring James Bond opinion is that casting a handsome young dude who can credibly punch bad guys and smolder sexily at ladies is all we need to do here it's James Bond, there's a formula, people like the formula, people will watch the formula

The Independent@the-independent.com · 12h ago

James Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’

If you are a Democrat in Idaho, odds are you fucking *despise* Republicans. Probably because they knew exactly what the Far Right is like, long before the 2010s, and while so many other Democrats (and their Voters) were immersed in Bipartisanship Slop.

rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 2h ago

the City of Boise's increasingly aggressive campaign against the state's repeated attempt to ban pride flags flown by cities is extremely funny

Did I get the night I wanted? No I never want to spend hours waiting on Wayne County to count votes. Did I get the results I wanted? Absolutely, there was Abdul El-Sayed, Will Lawrence, Donovan McKinney federally, along with a ton of statehouse wins including Abbas Alawieh and Chris Gilmer-Hill.

Politico@politico.com · 14h ago

Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

This is the right thing to say and I wholeheartedly support it and believe it but it is frustrating and aggravating that he's been saying this for months and months and, like Mamdani, some people on here take this as a rhetorical pivot after the primary rather than just sincerity.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

My (Stevens Voting) mother said "I think he'll be good" when I brought up that El-Sayed immediately made that "Jewish Safety" speech after his Primary Win.

Yeah. El-Sayed needs to IMMEDIATELY quash any internal sectarianism. Absolutely reject any bigotry this primary might cause. Don't compromise on your values but cast the broadest net possible. He did clearly get a bit arrogant at the end of the Primary so time to make nice.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7h ago

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

Every elected Republican is now a Max Miller Republican. Hang that around their necks every damn day.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 10h ago

Mike Johnson tells Politico that he's standing behind Republican Max Miller — despite the "serious" domestic abuse allegations against him.

⚠️ Democrats in array: Schumer, Gillibrand, and Whitmer coalesce behind El-Sayed

A gracious concession: “I want to congratulate Abdul El-Sayed on winning the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. He is a doctor, a community health official, a Rhodes Scholar, and a dedicated Michigander. I am proud to offer my support as he takes on Mike Rogers in the general election…

Detroit will be represented entirely by DSA Members in the House.

VoteHub@votehub.com · 8h ago

VoteHub projects Donavan McKinney to win the Democratic primary for Michigan U.S. House District 13.

it's still going like this I am almost feeling sorry for Team Stevens lmao

the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist)@merovingians.bsky.social · 18h ago

I know this sucks for AES supporters but I do want you to imagine what it would be like to see Stevens close to 3-4 points at 40 percent and then make absolutely no progress over the next 20.

Missouri elections be like: Hitler (R) 79% - Christ (D) 21% And then the ballot initiative: Amend the Missouri constitution to require the state to own the means of production and work towards full communism? Yes 92% - No 8%

AES clearly got a bit arrogant at the end and was acting like he was going to win by 20 so hopefully this is a wake-up call of sorts for him that he has a lot of work to do

What is truly "shocking" about the polling miss in Michigan is that it is completely average for a primary "The expected error on the margin between two primary candidates in a race for governor or U.S. Senate is a whopping 13.0 points." blog.fiftyplusone.news/p/2026-texas...

Do we really know who's leading the Texas Senate races?

Primary polls have historically been rather unreliable, and a surge in new primary voters means turnout assumptions matter more than usual

blog.fiftyplusone.news

|horses|@chemotaxis.bsky.social · 12h ago

Polling is like really fucked. Strikes me as a huge problem honestly.

I'll add a unique perspective to this. Not the main story of tonight but given the sheer disparity of spending and an earlier Senate Result with a similar disparity... If Hickenlooper were not an Incumbent Senator, he would have lost.

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 16h ago

Unfathomable

What an absolutely bizarre map

AES is significantly outperforming Bernie 2016 in Detroit but doing much worse in rural areas lmao

Body isn't even cold yet

#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 16h ago

Goodnight

way closer than expected, but an Arab leftist besting 70 million in outside spending is an Arab leftist besting 70 million in outside spending: a political earthquake and a new dawn 25 years after 9/11

Finally. Now, time for Michigan Democrats to make nice.

Hyde T. Voltyge@hydevoltyge.bsky.social · 16h ago

NBC CALLS FOR ABDUL

I really should go to sleep but... fuck I hate this so much. Ingham County (Lansing) just netted AES like 3k more votes. I don't see where Stevens can possibly make up the rest but Goddamn I want it confirmed.

Very heartening news out of Missouri and Kansas. I know all of us here are by definition Terminally Online, but it gives me a lot of hope for the future of our country that folks are rejecting blatant authoritarianism and crony corporatism more and more.

In MI-08, an R+1 district with a Dem incumbent, the GOP candidate Trump endorsed is losing by double digits to a guy who'd dropped out last month.

remember the “Trump getting fairly dogshit primary results in 2024” pointed to *something* that didn’t happen

Sam@samd.bsky.social · 19h ago

regardless of which candidate you support I really hate this bit where pundits pretend being electable in a primary makes you electable in the general election just ask senators Hershel Walker, Blake Masters, Todd Akin, Richard Mourdock, and Sharron Angle how that worked out for them

holy shit lmao “let’s cut taxes!” “no.”

The real impasta@therealimpasta.bsky.social · 18h ago

ATTENTION TO ALL DEM TAX CUT SLOPULISTS

Counterpoint:

I am... genuinely shocked that AES seems to have won Livingston County. I have driven through it so many times. It is Exurban Hell.

it's only possible bc their constituency populations are so strong but i genuinely think the UK does it right by not announcing any results until they've counted everything

Anchorage Man@sethpartnow.bsky.social · 19h ago

Regardless of how it turns out NO HE DIDN’T. It’s like saying I have more fingers on my left hand after counting 8 digits from left to right with a ring finger and a pinky still to report.