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Obama appears at rally in Detroit
Headline from The Columbian
DETROIT — Former President Barack Obama told thousands in Detroit on Saturday that the midterm election could be a “course correction” for the country, urging Michigan voters to support Democrats Jocelyn Benson and Abdul El-Sayed.
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Former President Barack Obama’s Saturday appearance with Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed will be hailed as a moment of party unity, but it will also represent a changing of the guard.
Obama is scheduled to be in Michigan this evening at a get-out-the-vote rally in Detroit. He is campaigning with U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Jocelyn Benson, who is running for governor, on the first day of in-person early voting.
Former President Barack Obama is campaigning with Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed in Detroit at 5 p.m. Saturday as statewide early voting begins. El Sayed has struggled to win over black voters in his race against his opponent Mike Rogers (R-MI).
Former president speaks to rapturous crowd of thousands in support of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate Barack Obama told a Detroit crowd on Saturday that Abdul El-Sayed was “fighting for change, real change, that will get money out of politics and put money in your pocket”, as he threw his weig…
DETROIT — Former President Barack Obama returned to the campaign trail Saturday evening with a message as much about the kind of Democrat Abdul el Sayed represents as about the Republican he is trying to defeat.
Former President Barack Obama rallied for Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit on Saturday as the bitterly fought contest could come down to the city’s substantial Black vote.
Former President Barack Obama implored Michigan voters to ‘rein in some of the foolishness’ of the Trump administration and said Abdul El-Sayed can finish the job on healthcare.
When former President Barack Obama hit the stage in Detroit Saturday, it was familiar territory. Not just because he has been here before, but since he left the White House, he has been the top Democratic surrogate for high-level Democratic candidates around the country.
DETROIT — Former President Barack Obama told thousands in Detroit on Saturday that the midterm election could be a “course correction” for the country, urging Michigan voters to support Democrats Jocelyn Benson and Abdul El-Sayed.
