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Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed yesterday in a stunning development in the battleground race.

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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed raised more than $2.4 million yesterday, in what his campaign said was its largest single-day haul.

More than 65,000 donors gave an average of about $36, the campaign said, and more than 29,000 people gave for the first time. The influx came as Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., El-Sayed's Democratic primary opponent, endorsed Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers in the race yesterday.

El-Sayed campaign spokesperson Cole Wozniak said in a statement that the fundraising haul "is a testament to the excitement that Abdul's movement has inspired in the hearts of Michiganders — and a rejection of the status quo politics that's left Michigan behind for too long."

He added that the haul will ensure that El-Sayed's message "reaches every Michigander in every corner of the state during this critical final stretch."

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