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Former rival dodges full-throated El-Sayed endorsement after bitter Senate primary

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Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., repeatedly stopped short of saying she was "fully behind" Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed when pressed on national television Sunday, months after he narrowly defeated her in a bitter primary and just days before the midterm elections.

CNN's Dana Bash first pressed Stevens on why she has yet to campaign alongside El-Sayed despite endorsing him after the primary. Stevens responded by pointing to her work campaigning for Democratic House candidates across Michigan.

But when Bash later asked directly whether she was "still fully behind" El-Sayed, Stevens again stopped short of saying yes.

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