McMorrow suspends campaign for Michigan Senate seat

Michigan Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow (D) suspended her campaign on Sunday, amid low polling numbers in the race.

“Today, I’m announcing that I am suspending my campaign for United States Senate. And I’m doing it with a deep, deep sense of gratitude,” McMorrow said in a video she posted to social platform X.

McMorrow, the majority whip in the Michigan state Senate since January 2023, launched her campaign in April 2025 to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.).

Her departure from the race clears the stage for a two-way battle between moderate Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) and progressive Abdul El-Sayed, the former director of the Department of Health, Human and Veterans Service of Wayne County, Mich., for the Democratic nomination. The primary is scheduled for Aug. 4.

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