Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow ends US Senate primary campaign

Lawmaker’s exit gives voters choice between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and centrist Haley Stevens in must-win seat

Mallory McMorrow, a https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/michigan">Michigan Democrat, has dropped out of a contentious https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-senate">US Senate primary https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/mallory-mcmorrow-michigan-senate">campaign, setting up a straight fight between the party’s progressive and establishment wings – represented by https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/13/abdul-el-sayed-democrat-senate-candidate-michigan">Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, and Haley Stevens, a congresswoman.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/24/mallory-mcmorrow-speech-democrats-michigan-midterms">McMorrow’s retreat marks the end of a center-left bid to hold the seat being vacated this year by the Democrat Gary Peters.

The three-way primary contest was a https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/06/michigan-senate-race-democrats">close one earlier in the campaign, but polls indicated that McMorrow’s support had plunged in recent weeks, as El-Sayed raced past her and Stevens to emerge as the frontrunner for the party’s nomination.