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The dreaded third option: When the polls closed in Michigan last night, the idea was that Democrats would get clarity on the questions that have plagued them throughout the primary season. A big win by progressive Abdul El-Sayed would mean the left could fight off big outside money and wave off pesky worries about electability. A clear win by Rep. Haley Stevens, the establishment pick, would signal that battleground Democrats weren’t ready to take the same ideological risks as safely blue places — and let party leadership breathe a little.
El-Sayed remains ahead of Stevens, but the margin is too narrow for there to be a clear winner early this morning. That means the argument about the party’s future goes on.