Democrat Abdul El-Sayed continues to lead Republican Mike Rogers in Kalshi's Michigan Senate market. The Michigan Senate winner market shows El-Sayed with a 69% chance of victory, while Rogers’s chances are priced at 31%.
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Obama rallies
Both campaigns received high-profile support over the weekend as former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump held rallies in Michigan.
Former President Barack Obama appeared at a Detroit rally Saturday to support El-Sayed and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, the Democratic candidate for governor. The event coincided with the first day of early voting across the state.
El-Sayed was “fighting for change, real change, that will get money out of politics and put money in your pocket,”Obama told the crowd, according to a report from The Guardian.
On health care, Obama promised that El-Sayed would “finish the job we started with the Affordable Care Act and guarantee quality, affordable healthcare to every single American.” Obama also criticized Trump, accusing the president of “enriching himself and his family.”
“Never seen a president so intent on selling favors like this,” Obama added.
Trump campaigns
Meanwhile, Trump appeared at a Sunday rally in Port Huron to support Rogers and other Republican candidates. The president used “anti-Muslim rhetoric” in attacking El-Sayed, “portraying him as a threat to national security and questioning his loyalty to the United States,” per The Associated Press.
President Trump called El-Sayed a “jihadist” who was “on the side of terrorists” and would “have to go through a metal detector before he’s allowed to go into the Senate.”
“He also repeatedly invoked the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, drawing a comparison between stopping El-Sayed from entering the Senate chamber and the passengers who fought back against the hijackers aboard United Flight 93,” The AP said on Sunday. El-Sayed called Trump’s comments “shameful.”
The AP reported, “There is no evidence that El-Sayed has any affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood. El-Sayed’s half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, wrote on social media in 2012 that ‘my family has long been MB’ and described a conversation with her mother about her involvement in the Muslim Brotherhood in the early 1970s.”
Bishara Bahbah, a founder of Arab Americans for Trump, condemned the President’s remarks. “The president’s statements are out of line,” Bahbah said. “They are crossing a red line. They are racist.”
The Michigan race is one of several closely watched Senate contests as Republicans defend their majority. Both parties are making a final push to mobilize voters ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
Control of the Senate
With Election Day approaching, Kalshi's Senate control market shows Democrats at 65%, compared with 35% for Republicans.
The market for which party will win the U.S. Senate shows Democrats leading with 65%, followed by Republicans at 35%.
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