Overview
- The three leading Democrats — Abdul El‑Sayed, Haley Stevens and Mallory McMorrow — backed stronger Michigan manufacturing and the PRO Act.
- El‑Sayed and McMorrow said they reject corporate PAC donations, while Stevens avoided a yes-or-no and has received corporate PAC funds.
- On health care, El‑Sayed pushed Medicare for All as Stevens favored building on the ACA and McMorrow emphasized cutting drug costs.
- McMorrow highlighted a new state bill to bar buybacks at firms receiving incentives as El‑Sayed pressed reshoring, condemned NAFTA and USMCA, and called to abolish ICE.
- Republican Mike Rogers skipped the forum and was marked by an empty chair as the NRSC blasted the Democrats as backing policies it claims would cost Detroit jobs.