Tommy Valdez

@thomasav.bsky.social

Michigander.

There is now set to be at least nine democratic socialists in Congress. Donovan McKinney – alongside Melat Kiros, Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier, Brad Lander, and Chris Rabb – will join Bernie Sanders, Rashida Tlaib, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

NEWS — Haley Stevens has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in the Michigan U.S. Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers.

Abdul El-Sayed has won and Haley Stevens called him to concede. El-Sayed's speech last night focused on unity. Stevens has released a congratulatory statement saying she's proud to offer her support to him. Their ability to unite the coalition will be the key to a general win.

By winning, El-Sayed scored a signature victory for progressives far bigger than others that preceded it given Michigan is a key swing state and has a history of favoring far more centrist candidates for statewide office, writes @detroitfreepress.bsky.social Washington correspondent Todd Spangler.

Abdul El-Sayed, democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, high fives Julian David Kane who does artist portrait drawings at Eastern market in Detroit, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. Photo by Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press

Wayne County - 8:10AM ET Drop Total Votes: 12,569 🟠 Haley Stevens – 8,091 (64.4%) 🟣 Abdul El-Sayed – 4,478 (35.6%) Stevens now leads El-Sayed by 5.9 points in Wayne.

Interesting results from Royal Oak - a city in McMorrow's and Stevens' district, but where Stevens had zero Election Day presence. Total: El-Sayed: 59% Stevens: 37% McMorrow: 4% Election Day: AES: 71% Stevens: 27% McMorrow: 2% That's an incredible underperformance by Stevens, especially today.