The Biden Factor in the 2026 Midterms

Playbook: “As Rep. Haley Stevens and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow jockey for position in the Michigan Democratic primary to succeed retiring Sen. Gary Peters, Playbook has obtained a new poll from Dem firm Normington Potts testing out both candidates’ vulnerabilities in head-to-head matchups against former Rep. Mike Rogers, the GOP frontrunner.”

“In a memo for Yes Michigan, pollster Jill Normington writes that both McMorrow and Stevens are ‘strong general election candidates,’ but that Stevens has a unique vulnerability in the general election: her congressional voting record supporting Biden — which was ‘the most damaging argument against any candidate’ in the poll.”