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Will Abdul El-Sayed Win Michigan's 2026 Senate Election?

Will Abdul El-Sayed Win Michigan's 2026 Senate Election?

Claims

Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers“We have enough votes in the bank to win this race.”Jul 23, 2026
VotePredictor
VotePredictor"There's an 82% chance Abdul El-Sayed will win the 2026 US Senate election in Michigan."Oct 12, 2026
Pollsmax
Pollsmax"Abdul El-Sayed has a 61.5% chance of winning."Oct 12, 2026
PredictIt
PredictIt"There's a 69% chance the Democrats will win the 2026 US Senate election in Michigan."Oct 12, 2026
Scott Tranter
Scott Tranter“El-Sayed’s got the momentum... Michigan’s going to start voting in about a month on the early side. And look, everything you know about Michigan – about a third of that voting to come in before Election Day. So Mike Rogers’s time is running out.”Sep 22, 2026
Polymarket
Polymarket"There's a 70% chance Abdul El-Sayed will win the 2026 US Senate election in Michigan."Oct 12, 2026
Mark Penn
Mark Penn"It is highly likely that you’re gonna find 5% of those Stevens voters who are going to switch to the other side, and that alone would give a margin of victory to Rogers."Aug 06, 2026
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt"Republicans need only turn out the same electorate as voted in 2024 and Rogers will win the 2026 race."Aug 06, 2026
Abdul El-Sayed
Abdul El-Sayed"I’m going to beat Mike Rogers by seven.”Oct 12, 2026
The Economist
The Economist"Now that the race pits Dr El-Sayed against Mike Rogers, a former congressman, the party’s probability of victory has fallen to 48%—a decline so steep that Democrats’ chances of controlling the Senate dipped from 53% to 49%.”Aug 07, 2026
Oddschecker
Oddschecker"Prediction markets give Abdul El-Sayed a 65% chance to win the seat, while Mike Rogers has climbed to 36%"Oct 12, 2026
PredictMarketCap
PredictMarketCap"There's a 74% chance Abdul El-Sayed will win the 2026 US Senate election in Michigan."Oct 12, 2026
Sabato's Crystal Ball
Sabato's Crystal Ball“We continue to believe that progressive Abdul El-Sayed (D) will underperform what a Democratic Senate candidate could or should get in Michigan in a year like 2026... yet we still have viewed him as a soft favorite to win, and we’re going to formalize that by pushing his race to Leans Democratic.”Sep 22, 2026
Kalshi
Kalshi"There's a 69% chance Abdul El-Sayed will win the 2026 US Senate election in Michigan."Oct 12, 2026

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