DETROIT (Michigan News Source) – Democratic progressive U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s hotly contested race against Haley Stevens has now shifted to defeating GOP challenger Mike Rogers in November.

El-Sayed addressed Jewish voters on Wednesday, saying, “I want all of my sisters and brothers of the Jewish faith … to know that my commitment to your safety, my commitment to Jewish safety, is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters,” he said.

Michigan will continue to be a battleground state in the lead-up to the general election. Candidates up and down the ballot are now focused on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3.

In addition, El-Sayed called for five debates with Rogers.

Rogers wasted no time turning his attention to the general election.

“This is really about the heart and soul of our country,” Rogers said. “I have never seen someone so radical, so extreme, get nominated by a political party, and the DSA candidates in the state in two different congressional races look like they’re pulling it off as well. The Democrat Party is lost to this hardcore socialist attitude.”

If Rogers flips the seat currently held by retiring U.S. Sen. Gary Peters, it would mark the first time in 25 years that a Republican has held the seat.

Haley Stevens, who conceded the election Wednesday, asked voters to unite behind Democratic candidates up and down the ballot.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump reacted to El-Sayed’s victory, calling it “great news for the Republican Party.” In a Truth Social post, Trump called El-Sayed “a Communist loser who hates Jews and Israel” and added, “Now, the Dumocrats’ crazy policies will only get worse.”