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US Senate candidate El-Sayed wants Democratic rival to stay away, source says

NEW YORK: US Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed wants to keep ​his distance from US Representative Haley Stevens, who he defeated in the Michigan Democratic primary in early August, amid criticism over a political ad. Stevens may not attend an event in Detroit with El-Sayed on Sunday after his campaign asked her to stay away from future appearances, the latest escalation in a public dispute over an advertisement she has condemned as antisemitic. El-Sayed requested that Stevens forgo his campaign e