India, Aug. 7 -- Abdul El-Sayed, a 41-year-old physician and former Detroit public health official, on Wednesday narrowly defeated four-term Congresswoman Haley Stevens to win the Democratic party's nomination for a US Senate seat from Michigan.

The Associated Press called the race after nearly all ballots had been counted, with El-Sayed ahead by 14,893 votes - under a percentage point - out of more than 1.5 million cast. It was the largest turnout for a Democratic primary in the state's recent history, AP reported.

That margin, and the coalition behind it, unsettled the Democratic party's establishment. Stevens had gone into the election with the endorsements of Governor Gretchen Whitmer, retiring Senator Gary Peters (whose seat is up ...