{"id":77002,"date":"2026-08-05T06:55:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/michigan-senate-democratic-primary-race-remains-too-close-to-call-as-el-sayed-holds-narrow-lead-us-politics-live\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T06:55:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:55:47","slug":"michigan-senate-democratic-primary-race-remains-too-close-to-call-as-el-sayed-holds-narrow-lead-us-politics-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/michigan-senate-democratic-primary-race-remains-too-close-to-call-as-el-sayed-holds-narrow-lead-us-politics-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Senate Democratic primary race remains too close to call as El-Sayed holds narrow lead \u2013 US politics live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former public health official has slight lead over congresswoman Haley Stevens, but vote count could continue well into the day<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/aug\/05\/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-michigan-primary-election\">El-Sayed holds narrow lead in Michigan Senate primary but race too close to call<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chuck Edwards<\/strong>, a <strong>Republican<\/strong> congressman from North Carolina, has withdrawn from his reelection campaign after the House ethics committee reported determined that he had \u201cfostered a hostile work environment and engaged in sexual harassment\u201d by giving gifts and lavishing attention on two young female staffers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter much prayer and reflection, I\u2019ve decided to withdraw from my re-election campaign,\u201d Edwards <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepChuckEdwards\/status\/2084905422482178109?s=20\">posted on X<\/a>. \u201cI will complete my current term. Serving Western North Carolina has been the honor of my life. Thank you for your trust, prayers, and support. God bless WNC and America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/aug\/05\/michigan-primary-race-democrats-midterms-senate-el-sayed-haley-stevens-donald-trump-republicans-us-politics-latest-news-updates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former public health official has slight lead over congresswoman Haley Stevens, but vote count could continue well into the day El-Sayed holds narrow lead in Michigan Senate primary but race too close to call Chuck Edwards, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, has withdrawn from his reelection campaign after the House ethics committee reported &#8230; <a title=\"Michigan Senate Democratic primary race remains too close to call as El-Sayed holds narrow lead \u2013 US politics live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/michigan-senate-democratic-primary-race-remains-too-close-to-call-as-el-sayed-holds-narrow-lead-us-politics-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Michigan Senate Democratic primary race remains too close to call as El-Sayed holds narrow lead \u2013 US politics live\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}