Abdul El-Sayed Is Still Trying to Unite the Democratic Base

New York Times: “Dr. El-Sayed narrowly won a bruising primary over the summer against Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate Democrat. But along the way, he alienated Jewish voters with his criticism of Israel. He lost older Black voters to Ms. Stevens. And he drove off independents with his left-wing policy views.”

“Now, he is working to mend fences and convince the party’s wary establishment that he is capable of winning a general election. It’s something of an about-face for a candidate whose earlier political identity — he ran for governor in 2018 as a left-wing agitator, and was a vocal surrogate for Senator Bernie Sanders in the 2020 presidential election — was combative outsider.”