Haley Stevens’ Fiancé Seems Dedicated to Ruining Her Career: In August, Representative Haley Stevens lost Michigan’s Democratic senatorial primary to Abdul El-Sayed, who polls show now holds a narrow lead over the Republican candidate, Mike Rogers.
Most losing primary candidates either endorse their opponent or wait out the remainder of the election cycle before reentering politics.
But Stevens, in recent weeks, has made her way back into the conversation. Or, more accurately, her recent fiancé Jason Turkish has done so. Turkish, who announced his engagement to Stevens less than three months ago, has spent the past several days loudly condemning El-Sayed on every platform available to him, while announcing that he plans to vote for Rogers due to El-Sayed’s criticism of Israel.
Rep. Haley Stevens' fiancé, Jason Turkish, says Jewish Democrats are deeply troubled by the growing dispute between Stevens and Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed.
Speaking on @foxandfriends, Turkish says longtime Democratic families are struggling with how to respond as… pic.twitter.com/EZrZUxmhcI— Fox News (@FoxNews) October 31, 2026
Turkish, a Democratic donor living in Michigan who has also given to GOP candidates, attended a campaign event for Rogers Wednesday night. While there, he called El-Sayed antisemitic. Then, as Stevens sat for an interview with the New York Times on Friday, Turkish went on TMZ and, on his fiancée’s behalf, said “I don’t think she’s going to be supporting Abdul El-Sayed very much longer.”
Stevens, however, has repeatedly insisted she is still supporting El-Sayed. “I ran for a Democratic nomination, intent in understanding that I wanted a Democrat to win,” she told the Times.
Stevens has criticized one advertisement that was released in support of her former primary opponent—an ad that was not made or endorsed by El-Sayed or his team. Stevens called the ad antisemitic because it blamed U.S. support for Israel for high grocery prices. She demanded that El-Sayed publicly disavow it as a precondition for… https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/haley-stevens-jason-turkish-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate/ #HaleyStevens #JasonTurkish