00:02Democrats spent much of last week asking what Abdul El-Sayed's win in Michigan says about the direction of the
00:09party.
00:10Now we're getting a look at what comes next.
00:12El-Sayed told NBC News Sunday that he spoke with former President Barack Obama last week,
00:18just days after the Democratic Socialists defeated the more moderate establishment-backed Democrat Haley Stevens in that Senate primary.
00:26Obama did not endorse either candidate in the primary, but El-Sayed says their conversation was about bringing Democrats back
00:34together for November.
00:36So I really enjoyed the conversation. I was grateful for his advice. It was very warm, very inviting.
00:41And I know that he knows the critical role that Michigan is going to play in holding Trump accountable,
00:47in winning back the Senate, and in building forward the future that we need.
00:51El-Sayed says he now hopes Obama will campaign with him in Michigan, where he faces Republican Mike Rogers in
00:58November.
00:59Tomorrow, Democrats could be having a very similar conversation in another battleground state.
01:04Wisconsin holds its Democratic primary for governor, and Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong goes into it as the frontrunner.
01:12She's built her campaign around affordability and an argument that Democratic voters want something different from the party establishment.
01:18But Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, backed by outgoing Governor Tony Evers,
01:24is making the opposite case, that Hong could be too far left to win Wisconsin in November.
01:30Republican groups have even spent millions boosting Hong in the primary, believing she would be easier to beat.
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