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DETROIT, MI (Gambling911.com) - The gambling websites got it right. Abdul El-Sayed has won the Michigan Democratic primary for Senator.
But that's about all they got right when it came to this particular race.
El-Sayed was a -5000 favorite to beat Haley Stevens (+1200). In the world of oddsmaking, the price on El-Sayed is what one would consider to be a "lock". Tuesday's race between these two was anything but a "lock".
As of Wednesday morning, with nearly all of the vote in, El-Sayed won by a mere 1.2 percent.
The over/under margin of victory featured a number of 14.5%. The under came in big here.
El-Sayed overcame a nearly $65 million onslaught of outside money and an establishment that had rallied around Stevens. Popular Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also endorsed Stevens.
El-Sayed, a former public health official, goes on to face former Rep. Mike Rogers, who claimed the Republican nomination without opposition Tuesday. Their race in November is expected to be one of the most competitive in the country, and it could determine which party controls the Senate.
Gambling websites had El-Sayed as a -225 favorite to win against Rogers in November.
U.S. President Donald Trump backed Rogers to win his primary on Tuesday.
Trump addressed El-Sayed’s primary performance during a Tuesday night interview on Fox News, arguing that candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America or its members will “ruin our country.”
“You go to these cities that are taken over by the socialists and the communists, they’re always filthy, dirty. They’re disgusting,” Trump claimed in the interview. He added, “Aside from crime, aside from all of the other problems — no jobs, no anything, no money — they’re always filthy, disgusting, dirty, and that’s what you’ll get.”
- T.C. Jackson, Gambling911.com
