Fox News projects Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan Senate race

The Fox News Decision Desk projected that Democrat Abdul El-Sayed will be Michigan's next senator, defeating Republican Mike Rogers. The projection was announced live by the broadcaster on election night and ends one of the most closely watched and fierce disputes in the midterm elections.

According to Fox Business, the result is a huge victory for the Democratic Party. The network also described it as a defeat for the party establishment, which had supported Haley Stevens in the primary. According to the calculations presented in the broadcast, Democrats will maintain 54 seats in the Senate.

Divergent readings in the studio

One of the presenters said she was disappointed with the outcome and said she was curious about what voters saw in El-Sayed. In her assessment, Republicans will have to work with President Donald Trump to approve any measure. She added that when the American people speak out, it is up to politicians to listen.

One commentator was harsher on the Republican strategy. For him, the defeat was 100% avoidable. He recalled that Trump won Michigan in 2024 and said there were warning signs, which he and others would have passed on to the White House. He also stated that he had been hired by the Michigan Republican Party to help with communications, but that the White House had said that the party could not hire him because of his positions on the war with Iran. This version is from the commentator and was not independently confirmed in the broadcast.

The same commentator criticized Rogers' campaign for not reaching out to independent, young and black voters, and said that the president's spokespeople did not go to vehicles such as CNN and podcasts. According to him, the Republican campaign's final message, that Muslim immigrants were taking away jobs in Michigan, was not enough. It also claimed that part of the race was spent attacking El-Sayed's Muslim faith rather than focusing on black voters.

Demand for the Republican agenda

Another participant stated that Republicans need to reflect on what they promised and have not yet delivered to Americans. According to him, voters do not feel that what they voted for two years ago has come to fruition. He admitted that the result was disappointing and noted that, on election night, no one was talking about electoral fraud.

For the investor, the composition of the Senate matters because it is there that the tax agenda, spending control and appointments that affect interest rates and regulation are decided. The broadcast, however, did not provide figures on the reaction of the stock market, dollar or interest rates, nor details of the investigation in Michigan. These points depend on the release of official data and the final design of the majority in the Senate.

Automatically translated from Portuguese.