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This is how Politico chooses to characterize the primary for MI11 - a district that Andy Levin, a pro-labor progressive, has lived in for 16 years and that Haley Stevens, a moderate Problem Solvers caucus member who endorsed Michael Bloomberg, literally moved to this year
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Rep. Andy Levin passed up a run in a newly created Michigan battleground district and instead took on his own colleague, Rep. Haley Stevens. And some of their fellow Democrats are privately livid.
Levinās decision to challenge Stevens instead of campaigning for the newly redrawn district that included much of his old turf has set off an intraparty firestorm as some House Democrats fret that Levin abandoned a potentially winnable seat, likely handing it to Republicans. Thereās also some closed-door fury with Levin for refusing to challenge one of the GOPās prized recruits, John James, in a district where the Republican advantage is only slight.
With Democratsā majority hanging on just a handful of districts, several of them even argued Levinās choice could help seal their partyās fate come November.
āWe need that seat,ā said Rep. Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), who added she has personally urged Levin not to battle against Stevens and instead run in the tougher seat. āHeās got a well-known name, he has most of the constituents in that district, and all he had to do was work hard, roll up your sleeves. Why work hard against a colleague?ā
Itās not just Democrats who think Levin had a chance. GOP groups have previously undisclosed polling that shows the Michigan Democrat could have been competitive in the stateās new 10th District, according to multiple people familiar with internal discussions. The seat includes about two-thirds of Levinās current constituents, though it also picked up much more GOP ground ā which Levin and his supporters have said made it impossible for him to compete there.
Levin and his allies, however, said he never had a real chance of winning the new seat, which covers turf that former President Donald Trump won by nearly one percentage point in 2020. As a vocal progressive, Levin said his natural choice was to run in the new, bluer 11th District; that includes his hometown of Bloomfield and the town where he and generations of his family grew up.
āIām running where I live, and Iām very happy about that decision, no regrets,ā Levin said in an interview, declaring that he would win the primary and then help the party hold onto the Macomb County seat.
Dem-on-Dem primary in Michigan spikes party's blood pressure
Rep. Andy Levin passed up what some of his colleagues see as a winnable race, instead challenging Rep. Haley Stevens. And a furor is resulting.
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excepts:
Rep. Andy Levin passed up a run in a newly created Michigan battleground district and instead took on his own colleague, Rep. Haley Stevens. And some of their fellow Democrats are privately livid.
Levinās decision to challenge Stevens instead of campaigning for the newly redrawn district that included much of his old turf has set off an intraparty firestorm as some House Democrats fret that Levin abandoned a potentially winnable seat, likely handing it to Republicans. Thereās also some closed-door fury with Levin for refusing to challenge one of the GOPās prized recruits, John James, in a district where the Republican advantage is only slight.
With Democratsā majority hanging on just a handful of districts, several of them even argued Levinās choice could help seal their partyās fate come November.
āWe need that seat,ā said Rep. Ann Kuster (D-N.H.), who added she has personally urged Levin not to battle against Stevens and instead run in the tougher seat. āHeās got a well-known name, he has most of the constituents in that district, and all he had to do was work hard, roll up your sleeves. Why work hard against a colleague?ā
Itās not just Democrats who think Levin had a chance. GOP groups have previously undisclosed polling that shows the Michigan Democrat could have been competitive in the stateās new 10th District, according to multiple people familiar with internal discussions. The seat includes about two-thirds of Levinās current constituents, though it also picked up much more GOP ground ā which Levin and his supporters have said made it impossible for him to compete there.
Levin and his allies, however, said he never had a real chance of winning the new seat, which covers turf that former President Donald Trump won by nearly one percentage point in 2020. As a vocal progressive, Levin said his natural choice was to run in the new, bluer 11th District; that includes his hometown of Bloomfield and the town where he and generations of his family grew up.
āIām running where I live, and Iām very happy about that decision, no regrets,ā Levin said in an interview, declaring that he would win the primary and then help the party hold onto the Macomb County seat.
