Why did Democrat Haley Stevens just endorse a Republican for US Senate?
Stevens’s endorsement of Republican Mike Rogers comes after a bitter dispute with Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed.
A Democratic congresswoman has thrown her support behind a Republican in one of the most closely watched races in the US midterm elections, just two days before voters head to the polls.
Haley Stevens, who lost Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary in August, announced on Sunday that she was endorsing Republican Mike Rogers over her own party’s nominee, Abdul El-Sayed.
The decision follows weeks of tension between the two Democrats over Israel and has provoked a backlash within the party as it fights to win control of Congress and limit President Donald Trump’s power.
But Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell, who helped organise the event, said she was the one who asked Stevens not to attend, telling The Associated Press that “it had become way too distracting”.