By Jon King | Editor-in-Chief
Quoted and Noted
“If this teaches us anything — don’t get complacent and don’t trust the polls.”
- State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) responding to the revelation that Wedgewood Polls had faked data, which she said led to donations and other support drying up just prior to her dropping out of the Democratic U.S. Senate primary race.
Republican nominee for U.S. Senate Mike Rogers, right, and Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate Abdul El-Sayed, left, talk with reporters after a televised debate at WXYZ-TV, on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026, in Southfield, Mich. (Photos by Ben Solis/Michigan Advance)
By Ben Solis
SOUTHFIELD — In the wake of a fiery first debate that saw more punches thrown than policy points argued, Michigan’s U.S. Senate nominees, Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers, faced off once again on Wednesday evening during a forum hosted by WXYZ-TV in Southfield.
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Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow participates in a U.S. Senate candidate debate during the Mackinac Policy Conference on Mackinac Island, Mich., on May 28, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Roth/Michigan Advance)
By Ben Solis
Wedgewood Polls was among several firms that released data during the 2026 Democratic primary race for the U.S. Senate showing state Sen. Mallory McMorrow trailing her opponents by a wide margin and Abdul El-Sayed — the eventual nominee — well ahead of his chief rival, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens of Birmingham. But Wedgewood now says the poll’s data was fake and was an “experiment” designed to be a “wake-up call” to voters about the vulnerabilities of modern polling.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten stumps for Democratic Congressional candidate William Lawrence at the AFL-CIO in Lansing on Oct. 20, 2026. (Photo by Kyle Davidson/Michigan Advance)
By Kyle Davidson
Standing outside the Michigan AFL-CIO building in Lansing, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, threw her support behind William Lawrence, the Democratic candidate for Michigan’s 7th Congressional District.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
On this date in 1955, Michigan’s first official historical marker was dedicated. Where is it located?
Let us know @michiganadvance on Bluesky and check back in later today for the answer.
Wednesday's answer: Grand Funk Railroad’s 1974 album “All the Girls in the World Beware!!!” featured the bodies of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franco Columbu, and Frank Zane on an album cover.
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