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Jewish Democrats in Michigan weigh crossing party lines after El-Sayed's Senate primary win

Abdul El-Sayed’s narrow victory over Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) in Michigan’s bruising Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday is forcing many Jewish leaders in the state to confront an uncomfortable…

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