Kamala Harris to Campaign with Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed

Kamal Harris, who previously ran for president without success, is set to join Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed next week for their first public appearance together since her endorsement of the progressive candidate.

The former vice president will be in Michigan to support El-Sayed, who recently won the primary, exposing significant divisions within the Democratic Party. Although they’ve had multiple discussions since her endorsement following his primary success in August, their joint event on Tuesday will mark the first time they appear publicly together, as reported by the Associated Press.

According to a spokesperson for El-Sayed’s campaign, both Harris and El-Sayed will participate in a roundtable focused on black maternal health. El-Sayed, a physician, has experience leading health departments in Detroit and Wayne County.

Harris’s spokesperson, Eduardo Negrón, characterized this visit as a strategy to increase voter turnout in a state that Democrats cannot afford to lose.

“Vice President Harris looks forward to returning to Michigan to help turn out the vote in this critical state,” Negrón stated. “It is critical we flip the Senate so we can bring down prices and stand up to Donald Trump’s corruption.”

El-Sayed, whose full name is Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, is gearing up to face Republican Mike Rogers in November. Rogers, a former U.S. representative, has repeatedly labeled El-Sayed as too extreme for the Michigan electorate.

“They believe that they can move the state and the country, by the way, to be more accepting of this socialism,” Rogers told Breitbart News, referring to El-Sayed as the “Democratic Socialists of America darling right now” and framing the contest as “crazy versus common sense.”

Recent polls indicate a close race, with a survey conducted by the Detroit News and WDIV-TV showing Rogers at 45.8 percent and El-Sayed at 44.4 percent, a shift from earlier polls that had placed the Democrat in the lead.

When Harris endorsed El-Sayed in August, she highlighted his agenda while critiquing Republicans. “Dr. Abdul El-Sayed understands that the power is with the people, and that the stakes couldn’t be higher in this election,” she remarked at that time.

White House communications director Steven Cheung dismissed the endorsement, suggesting that Harris “should really re-evaluate her life choices before running for president again.”

As Harris steps in, Democrats are striving to retain the seat being vacated by retiring Senator Gary Peters, amid several races that may determine Senate control. El-Sayed’s primary victory over Representative Haley Stevens has caused a split within the party, particularly regarding U.S. support for Israel.