The Michigan Democrat announced in a video that she is suspending her campaign ahead of the Aug. 4 primary. (Credit: X/@MalloryMcMorrow).
Mallory McMorrow announced Sunday that she is suspending her campaign for the U.S. Senate in battleground Michigan.
The Michigan state senator's decision leaves her party's primary as a two-way race between moderate Rep. Haley Stevens, who is backed by longtime Senate Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer and the establishment, and former Wayne County Health Department Director Abdul El-Sayed, a left-wing candidate endorsed by progressive champions Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York
McMorrow's name will remain on the ballot for the Aug. 4 primary as ballots have already been printed and distributed to absentee voters, according to Bridge Michigan.
The eventual Democratic nominee will face off in the midterm elections with former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers, who is on a glide path to the GOP nomination, in a crucial race to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters, a Democrat.
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Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 19, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)
The seat is a top Republican target and is a must-hold for the Democrats as they aim to win back the Senate majority from the GOP, which currently controls the chamber 53-47. The leading nonpartisan political handicappers rate the Senate race in Michigan as a toss-up.
In a video posted on X announcing her decision, McMorrow did not provide a specific reason for ending her campaign. She instead thanked her staff and supporters for helping build what she described as a campaign powered by small-dollar donations and no corporate PAC money.
But McMorrow, who has seen her national profile expan
