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Mike Rogers received the most votes in Detroit in voting precincts near the city's Southwest border. He received 82 votes at one SW polling place, 72 votes in another precinct nearby, and 55 votes at a far east precinct near the Grosse Pointes. Plus 61 votes in Lafayette Park.
Michigan's next Democratic House Speaker Ranjeev Puri told me lagging household incomes and stagnant population growth require bold, transformational changes. Progressive advocates want the new Democratic trifecta to do just that. michiganchronicle.com/new-mi…
Amo Samis Shawarma in Warren says it’s been busier than normal since U.S. Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed’s victory Tuesday. El-Sayed gave the Metro Detroit chain a shoutout on the campaign trail.
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In #Detroit , Republican's Black voter outreach fell flat detroitnews.com/story/news/l… via @detroitnews
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A rare victory in Detroit for renters who were forced to evacuate freep.com/story/money/busine…
Detroit's legislative caucus will be led entirely by Black women for the first time michiganchronicle.com/detroi…
El-Sayed: “And say what you will about me — I don't back down, I don't shut up, and I outwork anyone in front of me.”
El-Sayed wants to keep building progressive movement across Michigan. He also told me he wants to build the best constituent services unit the state has ever seen. michiganchronicle.com/el-say…
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Democratic Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed has formed a leadership PAC.
Its name is Habibi PAC.
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City leaders are researching whether an existing 26-mile manufacturing rail line could be converted to carry passengers between Sterling Heights and downtown Detroit.
El-Sayed wants to keep building progressive movement across Michigan. He also told me he wants to build the best constituent services unit the state has ever seen. michiganchronicle.com/el-say…
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House Speaker-elect Ranjeev Puri, D-Canton, said Democrats’ sizable 63-seat majority will allow them to tackle meaningful problems.
Despite some public pushback, Detroit Mayor Mary Sheffield and the city of Detroit on social media are promoting GM/Bedrock’s Renaissance Center redevelopment, which includes public tax breaks, prior to City Council’s vote on whether to approve the plan.
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The @detroitnews/@Local4News poll conducted Oct. 19-22 by the Glengariff Group showed Abdul El-Sayed winning by 6.3 percentage points.
He defeated Mike Rogers by 7 points.
Read the full poll results here:
detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
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Rev. Horace Sheffield III, who endorsed El-Sayed, raises concerns about how Rev. Winans’ church in Detroit was used Sunday by Haley Stevens and Mike Rogers: instagram.com/reel/DfSPtJqR1…
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Had a sit-down with @AbdulElSayed on 6 Mile. Go check it out on the This Is Not a Real Podcast YouTube channel.
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Wrote about the new baby Osamaa tape, she got it with this one pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…
“This is where my work is rooted,” U.S. Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed says in Detroit. “I hope folks will see that in the next six years.”
The former Detroit and Wayne County health director is headed to Congress.
