Russ McNamara
speaker
44 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 6 Aug
Russ McNamara’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In the lead-up to Tuesday's primary, establishment-backed congresswoman Haley Stevens did not shy away from taking money from corporate interest groups and the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC.
Abdul El-Sayed refused corporate PAC donations, ran a grassroots campaign, and won.
Al-Sayed will likely face a massive gap in outside spending in the general against Republican Mike Rogers.
The former congressman did not face a primary challenge after being endorsed by President Trump.
For NPR News, I'm Russ McNamara in Detroit.
Pro-Israel lobby AIPAC and other groups spent over $60 million on ads for Stevens and against El-Sayed.
Speaking to supporters in Detroit earlier this morning, El-Sayed focused on his general election opponent, Republican former Congressman Mike Rogers, and bringing all Democrats together.
This will be Roger's second attempt at the office he narrowly lost two years ago to Democrat Alyssa Slotkin.
For NPR News, I'm Russ McNamara in Detroit.
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The moderate Democrat Congresswoman Haley Stevens spent Monday in West Michigan trying to shore up support outside of metropolitan Detroit, where she has largely stayed.
She's been getting by on her folksy charm and tens of millions in super PAC money.
Speaking in Detroit, the city's former health officer, progressive Abdul El-Sayed, has made getting money out of politics one of the pillars of his campaign.
It's the most expensive Democratic congressional primary in history.
The winner will face Republican Mike Rogers, who lost to Democratic Senator Alyssa Slotkin two years ago.
For NPR News, I'm Russ McNamara in Detroit.
The Trump administration nixed the ribbon-cutting ceremony last month, and with the president threatening new tariffs, Canadian officials threw their own party for the Gordie Howe International Bridge without American involvement.
However, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is treating the soured relations between the two allies as a bump in the road.
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