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EPISODE · May 30, 2026 · 1H 12M

The Week That Was: The Spicy U.S. Senate Race in Michigan

from The Week That Was on Deadline Detroit · host Allan Lengel / Deadline Detroit

Hosts Saeed Khan talks with guests, veteran lawyers Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar; labor and community activist Barb Ingalls; veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel.They talk about: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she won't run for president in 2028; could she and Mike Duggan end up being university presidents in Michigan? The Democratic U.S. Senate race; will establishment Democrats back Abdul El-Sayed if he wins the primary? Why does Congresswoman Haley Stevens fudge answers about Israel and AIPAC? State Sen. Mallory McMorrow said her Jewish husband was the target of an antisemitic slur at the Michigan Democratic Convention; MAGA cannibalism in Texas brings victory to a Trump-backed candidate in a Senate primary; politicians and policymakers gather for the Mackinac Policy Conference, which bars journalist Charlie LeDuff; and Schmuck of the Week.

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Hosts Saeed Khan talks with guests, veteran lawyers Bill Seikaly and Joel Sklar; labor and community activist Barb Ingalls; veteran journalist Nancy Derringer and Deadline Detroit co-founder Allan Lengel. They talk about: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she won't run for president in 2028; could she and Mike Duggan end up being university presidents in Michigan? The Democratic U.S. Senate race; will establishment Democrats back Abdul El-Sayed if he wins the primary? Why does Congresswoman Haley St...

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