2026-08-04
14 分钟Good morning.
Voters head to the polls today for a critical swing state primary.
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It's Tuesday, August 4th.
I'm Gideon Resnick in for Shumita Basu.
This is Apple News Today.
Today, voters will decide what Democrat they want to represent them in a crucial Michigan Senate race in November,
one that the party likely needs to win to gain control of the chamber.
And their options in many ways represent ideological and personality-driven choices
that voters in primaries across the country have been making.
The race has turned into an intense and well-funded contest.
A moderate establishment candidate, four-term Congresswoman Haley Stevens, is up against Abdul El-Sayed,
a former public health official who's fired up the progressive wing of the party.
He's running in some ways to be the Democratic nominee by running against the Democratic Party.
Russell Berman is a staff writer for The Atlantic who spent time in Michigan covering the race.
He says the Democratic Party is unpopular there, which El-Sayed is using to connect with dissatisfied voters.
He's one of the harshest critics of the Democratic Party,