NEW: Democrat Mayor Refusing To Vote For Abdul El-Sayed

Abdul El-Sayed is predicting a 7-point victory in Michigan’s Senate race, but he still hasn’t secured the backing of the Democratic mayor of the state’s capital.

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor told CNN he won’t support El-Sayed without first sitting down with him. With roughly a month until Election Day, Schor said the Democratic nominee has yet to reach out.

“If he doesn’t need me, he doesn’t need me,” Schor said. “And that’s their strategic decision.”

Schor backed Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary and said his Jewish heritage informs his concerns about El-Sayed’s statements on Israel. El-Sayed has called Israel’s war in Gaza a genocide and declined to say the country should exist as a Jewish state.

The mayor ruled out voting for Republican nominee Mike Rogers. But his refusal to back Abdul El-Sayed, at least until they talk, exposes unfinished business within the Democratic coalition ahead of Thursday night’s only Senate debate.

The mayor’s holdout comes after El-Sayed narrowly defeated Stevens by 1 percentage point in the primary, well short of the double-digit victory he had predicted to CNN. He told the network last Friday that he expects to win the general election by 7 points.

Some prominent Michigan Democrats are considerably less confident. CNN reported that party figures privately worry his approach could cost Democrats the seat, with parts of the coalition that supported Stevens still unconvinced.

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“Michiganders understand the stakes of this election,” said one prominent state Democrat who has been trying to help. “They want to vote for Democrats and just need to be given a reason to — and not a reason not to.”

The outreach complaints extend beyond Schor. Black and Jewish leaders told CNN their communities need more attention from the nominee. Multiple people described conversations in which El-Sayed sought their support while suggesting he could offset lost votes in their communities with support elsewhere.

One Black leader in Detroit, who spoke anonymously, said his conversation with El-Sayed left him feeling that “they believe they don’t necessarily need to work as hard to get the Black vote.”

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The leader said El-Sayed promised him an invitation to a roundtable that never arrived. He subsequently met with Rogers’ aides and texted the Democratic nominee.

“I felt so bad, I texted him,” the leader said of El-Sayed. “But I didn’t hear back. So, f**k him.”

Rep. Debbie Dingell, who remained neutral during the primary and has since become a prominent El-Sayed supporter, urged the campaign to keep pursuing every part of the electorate.

“This election is not over until Election Day,” Dingell said. “We’ve got to work every single demographic and not take anything for granted.”

El-Sayed defended his efforts to reach voters when CNN pressed him about communities still questioning his candidacy.

“Every community that I’ve met with, I’ve said, ‘Leading for and with your community is a concern and a key consideration for me,’” he said. “I could spend all of my time with any one community and it probably wouldn’t be enough. And that’s perfectly fair. People deserve a US senator who’s going to show up and listen, but I’ve showed up and listened.”

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