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Welcome to The Data Dive, your subscriber-exclusive newsletter on the most consequential elections of the midterms. Each Tuesday morning, I\u2019ll focus on the numbers, trends and data shaping the biggest stories heading into Election Day. I\u2019ll also dig into the 2026 battlegrounds that will determine control of Congress \u2014 one district, one county, one city and maybe even one precinct at a time. In this edition, I\u2019m zeroing in on the crucial Democratic primary for Senate in must-win Michigan. Let\u2019s dive in.<\/em><\/p>\n

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What I\u2019m watching<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The matchup between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens headlines the last big election night before November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2026-election"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat to watch for in Michigan\u2019s blockbuster primary - Trusted Moving Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3615\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What to watch for in Michigan\u2019s blockbuster primary - Trusted Moving Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The matchup between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens headlines the last big election night before November.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=3615\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Trusted Moving Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-04T10:10:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3615#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3615\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/98cd83efb686ecde03e082abca618eaa\"},\"headline\":\"What to watch for in Michigan\u2019s blockbuster primary\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-04T10:10:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3615\"},\"wordCount\":112,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3615#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/ad9683d503f267dfbda519abdc15273a.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"2026 Election\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3615#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3615\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/trustedmovinggroups.com\\\/?p=3615\",\"name\":\"What to watch for in Michigan\u2019s blockbuster primary - 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