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The party\u2019s chances may depend on Abdul El-Sayed, who beat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s preferred candidate and has criticized his support for Israel.<\/strong><\/p>

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If Abdul El-Sayed loses in Michigan, which Donald Trump carried by less than two points in 2024, Democrats would need to flip a fifth Republican seat in deep-red territory. (Ryan Garza\/USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s victory in Michigan\u2019s Democratic primary has complicated Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2019s plans to help Democrats retake the Senate in the November, tying his party\u2019s fortunes to a candidate some Democrats in Michigan say they cannot support \u2014 even if it means costing Democrats the Senate majority.<\/p>\n

Michigan is crucial for Democrats. The party\u2019s path to a Senate majority relies on holding the state and all of its other current seats, as well as flipping four Republican-held seats \u2014 including at least two seats in states that Donald Trump won by double-digit margins in 2024. If El-Sayed loses in Michigan, which Trump carried by less than two points in 2024, Democrats would need to flip a fifth Republican seat in deep-red territory.<\/p>\n

Schumer backed Rep. Haley Stevens over El-Sayed in the primary, saying he thought she had a better chance of winning in November. The New York Democrat endorsed El-Sayed after the primary and the two men have spoken about working together to hold the seat \u2014 but they have pronounced differences about Israel.<\/p>\n

Schumer, the first Jewish Senate leader, has spoken out against rising antisemitism in both parties. He is a longtime ally of Israel, even as he has castigated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed has said he is as committed to Jewish safety as he is to the safety of his daughters. But his blistering criticism of Israel during the primary alarmed many Jewish voters in Michigan, who say he has not done enough to denounce antisemitism.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed\u2019s challenges run deep enough that three Democratic donors in Michigan are hosting a fundraiser for his Republican opponent, former congressman Mike Rogers, on Tuesday evening, according to an invitation obtained by The Washington Post. One of them, Brian Hermelin, wrote in an email to potential donors last week that El-Sayed\u2019s rhetoric on Israel <\/b>and toward Jews meant he could not support him.<\/p>\n

\u201cA party has to understand that there are consequences when it moves away from the values that brought us to it,\u201d Hermelin wrote. \u201cFor me, this Senate race is that point.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview, Schumer acknowledged he disagreed with El-Sayed on Israel and other issues but said they would work together to win in Michigan. He did not answer directly when asked whether he viewed anything El-Sayed has said or done as antisemitic.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he makes an effort to fight antisemitism even though his views on Israel are much different than mine,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n

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Schumer acknowledged he disagreed with El-Sayed on Israel and other issues but said they would work together to win in Michigan. (Demetrius Freeman\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

Some Jewish voters in Michigan are not convinced.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow can a leader like Schumer not even talk about concerns that he has?\u201d Asher Lopatin, a rabbi in suburban Detroit who said he typically votes Democratic, said in an interview. \u201cIt\u2019s been very disappointing, to say the very least. I think it\u2019s been infuriating for Jews here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other Jewish voters in Michigan support El-Sayed or remain open to voting for him. But losing even some of the state\u2019s Jewish voters could endanger Democrats\u2019 hold on the seat in a close race. Jewish voters represent about 1.4 percent of the electorate in Michigan, according to Brandeis University\u2019s American Jewish Population Project<\/a>. Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) won her race in 2024 by less than 0.4 percentage points.<\/p>\n

The race has put Schumer in a tough position. On one hand, he has called out those on the left who are \u201ctoo complacent or forgiving about those who exhibit antisemitism within their ranks.\u201d On the other, he often describes Democrats as having a big-tent party, capacious enough to include Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pennsylvania) \u2014 an ardent defender of Israel \u2014 as well as the country\u2019s critics.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed\u2019s public criticism of Schumer<\/a> \u2014 whom he suggested during the primary that he did not want to see remain as the Democratic leader in the Senate \u2014 has not made it easier. \u201cIf you\u2019re Chuck Schumer, I\u2019m pretty damn dangerous,\u201d El-Sayed said last month.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed\u2019s campaign declined an interview request.<\/p>\n

\u201cThough Senator Schumer and I may have deep disagreement on a number of important issues, we both understand how critical it is to win Michigan and defeat Mike Rogers,\u201d El-Sayed said in a statement to The Post. \u201cI appreciate his pragmatism.\u201d<\/p>\n

A crucial Senate race<\/b><\/p>\n

Michigan is not the only primary that has not gone Schumer\u2019s way. Maine Gov. Janet Mills, whom Schumer recruited to challenge Sen. Susan Collins (R), suspended her campaign before the primary, ceding the nomination to Graham Platner, an oysterman and Marine Corps veteran who criticized Schumer.<\/p>\n

Platner\u2019s campaign imploded last month<\/a> after he was accused of sexual assault; he has denied the allegations. Democrats replaced Platner on the ballot with Troy Jackson, a former state Senate president. Like Platner, Jackson has criticized Schumer, telling the New York Times<\/a> that he would not support him as the Senate Democratic leader.<\/p>\n

But Schumer has embraced Jackson, describing him as \u201ca much stronger candidate\u201d than Platner.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many negative issues against Collins, she\u2019s always going to try to change the subject, and with Platner she had ample opportunities to change the subject,\u201d Schumer said in the interview. \u201cShe\u2019s going to have a rough time attacking Jackson.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two polls conducted since Platner dropped out have found Jackson with narrow leads over Collins.<\/p>\n

Blake Kernen, a Collins campaign spokeswoman, said in a statement that Collins \u201cis not all-consumed with \u2018attacking\u2019 her opponent\u201d and is focused on contrasting her record in office to Jackson\u2019s.<\/p>

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Schumer\u2019s other recruits have fared better.<\/p>\n

Former governor Roy Cooper is leading in polls in the race for an open Republican-held seat in North Carolina. Two other Schumer recruits \u2014 former senator Sherrod Brown in Ohio and former congresswoman Mary Peltola in Alaska \u2014 have helped make those Republican-leaning states into battlegrounds. And Democrats are running competitively in two other red states, Iowa and Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeader Schumer has put Democrats in a very strong position to take back the Senate,\u201d Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) said in a statement. \u201cThis map was unthinkable a year ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Michigan \u2014 where Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is not running for reelection \u2014 has emerged as a potential problem for Democrats. The state has not elected a Republican senator in more than three decades \u2014 but a Fox News poll<\/a> of registered voters <\/b>conducted after the primary found Rogers leading El-Sayed 51 percent to 47 percent. Ten percent of Democrats they were \u201cextremely concerned\u201d that El-Sayed, a progressive endorsed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), holds positions that are too extreme, and 8 percent said they planned to vote for Rogers.<\/p>\n

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El-Sayed supporters at a unity rally in Michigan. (Dieu-Nalio Chery\/For The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

El-Sayed\u2019s victory over Stevens has given Republicans renewed confidence that they will hold the Senate majority, even as Trump\u2019s approval rating languishes and gas prices remain high.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Republicans flip Michigan, it is nearly statistically impossible for Schumer to recapture the majority,\u201d Alex Latcham, who runs Senate Leadership Fund, the flagship Republican super PAC in Senate races, said in an interview.<\/p>\n

Schumer said he was confident El-Sayed would win, citing the enthusiasm of his supporters. Still, Schumer and J.B. Poersch, the president of Senate Majority PAC, the lead Democratic super PAC in Senate races, both disputed that Democrats had no shot at retaking the majority without Michigan.<\/p>\n

\u201cA path to winning back the Senate clearly goes through Michigan, but we have a whole bunch of different paths,\u201d Schumer said.<\/p>\n

A backlash in Michigan<\/b><\/p>\n

Few Democrats have spoken out more forcefully against antisemitism than Schumer, who published a book last year, \u201cAntisemitism in America: A Warning.\u201d Witnessing growing antisemitism on the left in the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the war in Gaza, Schumer wrote, has been \u201cextremely painful.\u201d<\/p>\n

The politics of Israel have shifted rapidly among Democrats since 2023, and El-Sayed\u2019s calls for ending unconditional military aid to Israel and other countries are popular. Fifty-five percent of Michigan voters support cutting off military aid to Israel and 44 percent oppose it, according to the Fox News poll.<\/p>\n

In interviews, though, Jewish voters in Michigan said their concerns were rooted in how El-Sayed talked about Judaism and Israel. El-Sayed has not directly said whether he believes Israel has the right to exist, though he said on CNN<\/a> after the primary that he believes \u201cin equal rights to peace, dignity and self-determination for Jewish Israelis and Palestinians alike.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jewish Democrats also criticized El-Sayed for campaigning with Hasan Piker, a streamer who has said that Hamas, the Palestinian militant group responsible for the Oct. 7 attack, is \u201ca thousand times better\u201d<\/a> than Israel. And they questioned his response to the March assault on Temple Israel<\/a> in the Detroit suburbs.<\/p>\n

El-Sayed condemned the attack on Temple Israel<\/a> at the time, saying \u201cantisemitism has no place in our communities.\u201d But he also pointed out that members of the attacker\u2019s family had been killed in a recent Israeli airstrike in Lebanon. \u201cHurt people hurt people,\u201d El-Sayed said in March \u2014 which some Jewish voters saw as justifying the assault on the synagogue.<\/p>\n

Hannan Lis, one of the Democratic donors who is hosting the fundraiser for Rogers, said those comments made it impossible for him to support El-Sayed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think the Democratic Party should seek to gain a majority in the Senate with people like Abdul,\u201d Lis said.<\/p>\n

Some Jewish voters in Michigan are supporting El-Sayed, including Andy Levin, a former Democratic congressman who has been working to help shore up El-Sayed\u2019s support with the Jewish community.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike me, he hates the Netanyahu government, thinks it\u2019s a disaster, thinks it\u2019s committed genocide, thinks it\u2019s just doing such bad things in Lebanon and so forth,\u201d Levin said of El-Sayed. \u201cBut I think he can communicate that he thinks both the Jewish people and the Palestinian people deserve self-determination.\u201d<\/p>\n

El-Sayed has spoken with at least some Jewish voters since the primary. He sat down with a small group last week in Detroit, according to Jessica \u201cDecky\u201d Alexander, the chair of the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus, who said she left the meeting \u201cin between hopeless and hopeful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Peters, who endorsed Stevens but is now backing El-Sayed, said he heard from a lot of Jewish Democrats after the primary \u2014 but he predicted El-Sayed would prevail in a state where Trump is unpopular.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to have a good Democratic year,\u201d Peters said. \u201dThere\u2019s going to be a tailwind. And I\u2019m confident Abdul will be able to catch the wind and run a strong campaign.\u201d<\/p>

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