SENATE CAGE MATCH

As new polling by Glengariff Group shows that Democrat Congresswoman Haley Stevens (Birmingham, Oakland County) is currently in a dead heat with Republican former Congressman Mike Rogers (White Lake), with Stevens polling at 43.7 percent to Rogers’ 44.1 percent, state Senator Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak, Birmingham, Clawson, Huntington Woods, Berkley, Beverly Hills and Detroit) has apparently set her sights directly at Stevens. A recent email accused both Stevens and Rogers of taking money from “big corporate donors” while she relies on “grassroots donors.” “Unlike Stevens, McMorrow’s largest share of contributions came from people giving $200 or less…” her statement read, claiming Stevens’ donations were from corporations with anti-labor practices – despite Steven’s reputation for hard work among the district’s manufacturing base. John Selleck, a Republican consultant, told The Detroit News that Stevens’ wonky, almost nerdy persona works for her amongst independent voters, the ones who will swing this election. “In all the social media videos that Stevens has done, it’s like, ‘I’m just Haley, I’m a little bit eccentric, I’m a little goofy, I’m a little nerdy, but I’m really smart, I really care. I fight hard,’” he pointed out. Political commentator Adolph Mongo wrote in Deadline Detroit that he was incredulous Dem party leaders haven’t urged McMorrow to drop out of a race he believes she is unqualified to be in. “I am calling for a neophyte named Mallory McMorrow to drop out of the U.S. Senate race. She is not qualified to be a U.S. senator… She became the ‘flavor of the month’ after a fiery response to Republican state Sen. Lana Theis of Brighton, who said colleagues like McMorrow were ‘outraged’ that they couldn’t ‘groom and sexualize kindergartners.’ McMorrow’s response to Theis thrust her into the national spotlight. National Democrats wrapped their arms around her as the future of the party… She does not deserve all the accolades being heaped upon her,” Mongo opined. While McMorrow is the darling of Instagram and MSNOW and fellow Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is running in the far left progressive lane, Glengariff pollster Richard Czuba told The Detroit News that, “Abdul El-Sayed and Mallory McMorrow have a problem with independents that Haley Stevens does not have, and I think that’s really important, because for the Democrats, they have to answer the question: Do you want to win the primary, or do you want to win the general election?…Clearly voters remember Rogers, and Republicans like him,” Czuba said. “Democrats, on the other hand, have three candidates running who just don’t have much name ID yet. With McMorrow at 24 percent, nobody knows who the heck she is, including Democrats.”

Haley Stevens

Mallory McMorrow