Democrat endorses Republican candidate in key Michigan Senate race as party spat escalates

A Democrat in Michigan has endorsed the Republican candidate in the state's closely-fought US Senate contest, as a spat with her own party's candidate Abdul El-Sayed escalated just days before the vote.

Haley Stevens, a former congresswomen who lost out on the Democratic nomination to El-Sayed, made a surprise appearance alongside the Republican candidate Mike Rogers at a church on Sunday.

"I don't belong in Abdul's campaign," she said in a video posted to X shortly after that appearance. "Who we are as Michiganders is not hate and is not what we are getting out from our Democratic nominee right now."

"That's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers," Stevens said.

Stevens also said El-Sayed had told her she was no longer welcome in his campaign.

The pair had been scheduled to appear together at an event on Sunday, but El-Sayed reportedly asked her not to come.

They had clashed publicly over a campaign advert from a liberal group which blamed Israel for high food prices.

El-Sayed, who has not commented on Stevens's endorsement of his opponent, criticised the advert and said he had nothing to do with its contents.

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