Michigan’s Arab voters prepare for a crucial primary

The influential voting bloc could be key to whether Democrats can retain a Senate seat in the fall.

Welcome to the daily Inside Scoop newsletter. Today’s edition features some eerie echoes of the 2024 presidential election, at least on the Democrats’ side. There’s a new Senate candidate in Maine with just 100 days to win over voters. Then over in Michigan, U.S. support for Israel may affect the way the state’s sizable Arab American population ends up voting. Both races will help determine whether Dems can win control of the Senate. Let’s get into it.

Democrats are fighting to hang on to a Senate seat in battleground Michigan. And their nominee will be decided in an Aug. 4 primary colored by familiar intraparty tensions.

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