Democrats fear slippage with Black voters makes Michigan Senate race feel ‘far closer than it should’

CNN · NBC News and NBC News report that Democrats' hopes of winning the Senate hinge on contests in very different terrain: Michigan, where some worry about Black support, and deep-red Mississippi, where outside money is arriving. The party needs a net gain of four seats.

In Michigan, CNN · NBC News says Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed must hold Black voters who mostly backed Haley Stevens in the primary he won by 1 percentage point. Republican Mike Rogers is courting them. One anonymous Black leader said the contest feels "far closer than it should." Only about a dozen people at an El-Sayed rally in Flint were Black, the outlet adds, and Barack Obama is due in Detroit Saturday.

NBC News reports that Senate Majority PAC will spend $1.2 million through Election Day for Scott Colom against Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, who has Donald Trump's endorsement. Mississippi has not elected a Democratic senator since 1982, NBC News notes. A third outlet adds that Wedgwood Polls had Colom trailing 52% to 48%, while other surveys showed Hyde-Smith ahead by single digits.

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