Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is set to travel to Michigan next week to hit the campaign trail with Democratic Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed.
According to a schedule of events shared by El-Sayed’s campaign, Ocasio-Cortez will join his “It Shouldn’t Be This Hard” bus tour next Thursday for stops in three small towns: Escanaba, Iron Mountain and Marquette.
“Abdul has built a winning coalition with an agenda to bring down costs for Michigan families, and I could not be more excited to join him for the final stretch of this race,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
The New York progressive also laid out her hopes for working with El-Sayed if he wins.
“Once he’s in Washington, I look forward to working with Abdul to guarantee healthcare as a human right for all Americans and to build a politics that is free from the corrupting influence of corporate money,” she said.
On Friday, Ocasio-Cortez will hold her own separate political events at universities in Rochester and Ypsilanti, as well as a “Latinos for Abdul Rally” in Detroit.
This won’t be her first time stumping for El-Sayed. Ocasio-Cortez has previously campaigned alongside him in Michigan and recently appeared at a Democratic fundraiser for his Senate bid in New York City.
El-Sayed called the congresswoman a “critical partner” in his successful primary race.
“I look forward to campaigning with her over the course of the next 25 days to ensure that Michiganders have a Senator who is committed to putting money in their pocket, getting money out of politics, and passing medicare for all,” he said in a statement.
Ocasio-Cortez is the latest in a string of prominent Democrats to head to the Wolverine State to boost El-Sayed as he looks to defeat Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in November.
Last month, former Vice President Kamala Harris joined El-Sayed at a roundtable event in Detroit focused on Black maternal healthcare.
“Remember, the Senate seat is six years, so let’s think about that in the lives of all the people that the leaders here serve, and the good work that can happen over the course of those years, because of the power and the strength of Abdul and that Senate seat,” Harris told attendees.
Former President Obama is also scheduled to campaign with the Democratic nominee on Oct. 24, the first day of in-person voting in Michigan. During that visit, Obama will also stump for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson.
The race remains tight. El-Sayed has narrowly pulled ahead of Rogers in recent polling, and election handicapper Cook Political Report rates the contest a “toss-up.”
The two candidates faced off in their first debate Thursday evening, sparring over their plans to lower the cost of living for Michiganders, President Trump’s sinking approval ratings, mass federal immigration crackdowns and the ongoing Iran war.
With Ocasio-Cortez, Harris and Obama all lending their star power, Democrats are clearly going all in on the Michigan Senate seat as the race heads into its final stretch.
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