Photo credit: Pete Kiehart, Special to The Detroit News
Stevens Narrowly Leads El-Sayed in New Michigan U.S. Senate Poll
April 29, 2026
The Detroit News
April 28, 2026
Melissa Nann Burke
Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Haley Stevens holds a narrow edge over Abdul El-Sayed in a new statewide poll of likely Michigan voters that shows the pair in a statistical toss-up, while state Sen. Mallory McMorrow trails in third place, and a whopping 36% of voters are undecided.
Stevens, a four-term congresswoman from Birmingham, garnered 25% of support from survey respondents, while physician El-Sayed of Ann Arbor came in at 23% and McMorrow of Royal Oak finished 6 percentage points back at 16% among 500 likely voters in the August Democratic primary election.
The Lansing-based polling firm Glengariff Group conducted the survey April 17-19 for the Detroit Regional Chamber. The poll had a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
Michigan’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary is one of the most competitive contests in the country this year after U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, opted not to seek reelection to a third, six-year term. The winner of the Aug. 4 primary will likely face former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers of White Lake Township in the November general election, with national Republicans targeting the seat as a top pick-up opportunity.