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Status Coup's JT Cestkowski was LIVE ON-THE-GROUND for 5 straight hours from Abdul El-Sayed's Election Night watch party in Michigan, speaking with the folks corporate media ignores!

Abdul El-Sayed on stage following a late night at the Majestic Theater in Detroit, MI, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026. (Source: JT Cestkowski)

Status Coup was ON-THE-GROUND for days leading up to Abdul El-Sayed’s big Michigan Democratic Senate Primary victory—and has also been ON-THE-GROUND covering Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong’s surging campaign for Wisconsin Governor. We are INDEPENDENT and depend on small-dollar paying members to continue reporting ON-THE-GROUND. Sign up today to support our justice journalism for as low as $5 bucks a month.

Status Coup was LIVE in Michigan for FOUR DAYS, including 7 TOTAL HOURS on Election Day — covering every end of the lead-up to this GROUND-SHAKING result in the Democratic Primary election between Abdul El-Sayed and Democratic establishment candidate and incumbent Rep. Haley Stevens.

SC’s JT Cestkowski and Jon Farina traveled to Detroit last weekend to capture the crowds surrounding El-Sayed’s candidacy and the growing progressive movement across the U.S., with Michigan’s results a barometer for progressive candidates in other heavily contested elections nationwide.

And our two-man crew worked TIRELESSLY FOR HOURS covering the election in ways the CORPORATE MEDIA WOULD NEVER DO! S

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Additionally, Status Coup has been covering this hotly contested primary in Michigan and others like it, including in Wisconsin. In the lead-up to this primary, JT tried tirelessly to interview both El-Sayed and Rep. Stevens, with only El-Sayed agreeing to speak with us on camera.

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We were even called out by what appears to be very scared Republicans on the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Aside from those shaking in their boots, JT and Jon spoke at length with members of the progressive movement in Michigan, the party’s surrogates there to champion their causes and so much more.

ICYMI — here’s more of our coverage.

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