# Haley Stevens **Haley Stevens** is a U.S. Representative from Michigan (MI-11, since 2019) running in the 2026 Democratic primary for the open U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring [[Gary Peters]]. A former chief of staff on the Obama administration's Auto Rescue Task Force, she occupies the moderate / establishment lane of the three-way Democratic field. ## 2026 Senate race See [[MI-Sen-2026]] for full race context. **PRIMARY LOST (Aug 4, 2026)**: fell just short against [[Abdul El-Sayed]], 47.4%–48.6% (~19,000 votes with ~95% counted) — a near-miss that confirmed the establishment lane's squeeze. She carried Oakland and led Wayne County but lost the rest of the state. Pre-primary indicators: - **Polling**: 13% in the Emerson/WOOD-TV poll (April 11–13, 2026) — slipping from earlier establishment-favorite status and, per the race file, "getting squeezed by both ends" by [[Abdul El-Sayed]] (movement-left) and [[Mallory McMorrow]] (suburban-progressive). - **Fundraising**: ~$2.0M raised, ~$3.39M cash on hand in Q1 2026 — competitive on cash even as her polling lags. - Her case rests on general-election electability and labor/auto-industry credibility in a manufacturing state. The nominee, [[Abdul El-Sayed]], faces Republican [[Mike Rogers (Michigan)]] in November. ## Background Built her early career around manufacturing policy and the auto bailout; first elected in the 2018 Democratic wave in a suburban Detroit district and a reliable institutional-Democrat vote since. ## Why she matters for the KB Stevens is the establishment-lane benchmark in a primary the KB is tracking as a referendum on the Democratic coalition's direction. If she fades while El-Sayed and McMorrow consolidate, it is evidence of the same anti-establishment current the right exploits — playing out inside the opposing party. ## Related - [[AIPAC]] — its United Democracy Project super PAC spent $30.6M supporting her, AIPAC's largest single-race expenditure ever - [[MI-Sen-2026]] - [[Abdul El-Sayed]] - [[Mallory McMorrow]] - [[Mike Rogers (Michigan)]] - [[Gary Peters]] - [[Future Forum]] — she was a vice chair in the 117th Congress