With Abdul El-Sayed’s win, the party’s leftwing insurgency had breached the walls of a midwestern swing state, forcing a reckoning about Democrats’ direction and leadership Standing before The Spirit of Detroit , a landmark bronze statue in the city’s downtown, in the early hours of a Wednesday m...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/aug/09/democratic-party-leftwing-michigan-mamdani-aoc)

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