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Monday, November 2, 2026
In what might be the most unique form of political suicide, Rep. Haley Stevens single-handedly undermined nearly everything she’s stood for in her career in one stunning moment Sunday when she decided to endorse Republican candidate for Senate Mike Rogers. It was a fittingly bizarre coda to a remarkably weird midterm election season, particularly in her home state of Michigan, where Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed remains a favorite. Will Stevens’ emotionally impulsive pivot change the shape of the race, just one day out? Not according to Kalshi, which initially showed El-Sayed down eight points, then surged back up after what feels like a very outlier-ish New York Times Siena poll dropped, putting him up 11 points. The good news for everyone weary of this political narrative overload? Our national nightmare is set to mostly end Wednesday morning (looking at you, Alaska and your ranked-choice hijinks), though it will almost certainly be replaced by more nightmarish narratives of election denialism, bad polling, and Democratic Party dysfunction!
01. Career Suicide? Haley Stevens Endorses Mike Rogers Hours After Promising Debbie Dingell She Wouldn’t
[Gaining Traction]. She told Debbie Dingell at midnight she’d never endorse Mike Rogers, but by the next morning she was sitting in a church pew next to him.
Rep. Haley Stevens sat through Sunday service at Perfecting Church in Detroit beside Mike Rogers, then told reporters she’s a proud Democrat endorsing the Republican for Senate because Abdul El-Sayed told her she wasn’t welcome in his campaign and because “We can’t stand with Hasan Piker.”
Around midnight, she’d told Representative Debbie Dingell she wasn’t doing it. Last Wednesday Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent 25 minutes on the phone talking her out of it, and Stevens texted back “thank you so much for talking to me and hearing me,” according to Politico. Justin German, her chief of staff of eight years, resigned by Sunday afternoon and took much of her staff with him. Michigan Democratic chairman Curtis Hertel said she “lied to me” and is no longer a member of the party.
She then performed a strange form of political self-immolation on live television when she went on CNN and let Anderson Cooper‘s question sit for about seven seconds, then asked, “Was that a question, Anderson?” She did not come off as particularly prepared. Dingell, on next, called it “one of the most painful interviews I have ever watched.” El-Sayed raised more than $1 million in the hours after.
TAKEAWAY: It’s hard to imagine where Haley Stevens goes from here. If she joins the Republican Party, she really looks like someone who only wants the spotlight. Move over Christine O’Donnell, who became temporarily famous for her bizarre “I’m not a witch” campaign ad, there is a new political punchline.