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Michigan Senate toss-up, two Dan Sullivans, Simmons trade

A Mitchell Research poll for CBS Detroit has El-Sayed at fifty-one percent to Rogers' forty-four among likely voters; analysts still call it a toss-up.

Photo: Mike Rogers (Michigan politician)
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Michigan Senate race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers is still a toss-up, five days before the election on November third.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA Mitchell Research poll for CBS Detroit has El-Sayed at fifty-one percent and Rogers at forty-four among likely voters.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorRogers says those polls miss growing support he claims among Jewish and African-American voters. Both men rallied this week, one with Robert F.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorKennedy Jr. in Grand Rapids and one with Bernie Sanders in Ann Arbor.

  5. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIn Alaska, the Justice Department has sued to block certification of the Senate result if Republican Dan Sullivan loses.

  6. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe suit names a second candidate on the ballot, Daniel J. Sullivan, as a possible source of voter confusion.

  7. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo Dan Sullivans. I've already got a forecast for that ballot, and it's cloudy.

  8. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIn the NFL, the Bears are giving the Titans two first-round picks and a fourth-rounder to bring in Jeffery Simmons.

  9. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistESPN says no defensive tackle has fetched multiple firsts since nineteen sixty-seven.

  10. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorJoe Burrow says he feels really good about the Bengals, who beat the Ravens thirty-five to thirteen.

  11. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwo first-rounders for one tackle, and Cincinnati is the calm one.

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The story so far

  1. Record early voting; Alaska suit; Kane wins Ballon d'Or · ABC News
  2. Trump steps up attacks on El-Sayed as Michigan Senate race nears end · The Hill
  3. DOJ sues Alaska over two Dan Sullivans on the Senate ballot · The Conversation
  4. Simmons rips WNBA's lunchtime Game 6 Finals slot · Yahoo Sports
  5. Pro-El-Sayed PAC banana ad sparks backlash; campaign distances itself · The Free Press
  6. King in Bahamas, Brewers win, Bears trade for Simmons · Yahoo Sports
  7. Michigan Senate toss-up, two Dan Sullivans, Simmons trade (this story)

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