El-Sayed campaign wants Stevens to stay away after day of back-and-forth sniping

TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN — Michigan's Democratic coalition is fragmenting in real time days before a critical Senate election.After it seemed like former primary rivals Abdul El-Sayed and Rep.

Haley Stevens might finally appear together, they’re back to sniping at each other.

And it could hardly come at a worse moment as Democrats look to unite behind El-Sayed and hold on to a pivotal Senate seat.El-Sayed’s campaign is asking Stevens to stay away from all future campaign events in the closing days of the race, two people familiar with the decision, who were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive campaign dynamics, told POLITICO.She should stay away “as not to distract from the central issues of the campaign,” one of the people said.The brushoff capped a day of the two lobbing increasingly pointed statements back and forth at each other, frustrating Democrats who say the infighting risks imperiling a state the party can hardly afford to lose as they try to flip control of the Senate.“I have no idea what the hell Haley Stevens is doing.

This is a moment where we have to recognize the stakes,” Michigan state Sen.

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