Dem El-Sayed Defeats Rogers for Michigan Senate

Decision Desk HQ has projected Democrat Abdul El-Sayed the winner of Michigan's open Senate race over Republican Mike Rogers, with the call coming around 1:15 a.m. Eastern. That's the hour when sensible women are asleep, and a race that cost around $200 million got its call. Gary Peters's retirement opened the seat, and former Democratic primary rival Haley Stevens endorsed Rogers days before the vote, which is the kind of late-breaking loyalty you only see from a cousin who got the invite at the last minute. If the call holds, El-Sayed becomes the first Muslim U.S. senator, outlets report, and Democrats will call it historic before the coffee's done. Y'all, I just have questions, like why it took around $200 million to fill a seat this open.