Kamala Harris returned to Michigan on Tuesday to campaign for Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive Senate nominee. Harris, who lost the state to Donald Trump in the 2024 elections, is lending her popularity among Black voters to El-Sayed, who is working to unite a party fractured by a primary.
Appearing with El-Sayed at a Detroit birth center, Harris used a roundtable on Black maternal health to frame the upcoming November contest against Republican Mike Rogers as a fight over women’s access to care. She criticised Donald Trump's administration for cutting Medicaid funding and halting federal research funding classified as diversity-related.
El-Sayed, a physician, thanked Harris for highlighting these issues. The Senate seat became open following the retirement of Democratic senator Gary Peters, and securing it is considered crucial for the Democratic party's path to a Senate majority.