Bruce Springsteen Backs Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Ahead of Election: ‘I’m in His Corner’

Bruce Springsteen is the latest celebrity to endorse Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

The “Born to Run” singer, 77, took to X on November 2, just one day before the midterm elections, to share his support for Democrat El-Sayed, 42, who is up against Republican Mike Rogers for the state’s Senate seat.

“Dr. El-Sayed is a fighter for our American Constitution, he’s a fighter for our American Democracy, and he’s a fighter against the corrupt, lawless, and anti-American leadership currently in the White House,” Springsteen wrote. “That’s why I’m in his corner 100%.”

Springsteen’s backing of El-Sayed isn’t too surprising, as the rock icon is a longtime friend of former President Barack Obama, who has been campaigning for El-Sayed in the lead-up to Tuesday’s vote.

The musician’s post also comes as the Democratic Party rallies around El-Sayed after Rep. Haley Stevens, El-Sayed’s former Democratic primary opponent, stunned party leaders on Sunday, November 1, by endorsing Rogers, 63.

Stevens, 43, who had previously pledged to support El-Sayed after he defeated her in the August Democratic primary, flipped her allegiance in recent days, telling her followers in an Instagram video announcing the news that she was “no longer welcome in his campaign.”

“Our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul, said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away, and he’s right,” Stevens said in her endorsement video. “And that’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.”

The shocking turn elicited quite a response from the Democratic Party, with some accusing her of betraying her party.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, who had supported Stevens during the primary, called her endorsement a “despicable betrayal,” CBS News reports, with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi blasting the congresswoman, writing on X that Stevens had “chosen to dangerously betray Michigan families’ healthcare, freedoms and future with her horrific endorsement of Mike Rogers.”

Stevens’ switch even led to her top aide quitting, per PBS, with several other staffers resigning in the aftermath.

El-Sayed, meanwhile, remained largely unfazed by the endorsement, telling reporters he was more concerned with voters’ issues than the political distraction being created by his former opponent.

“At the end of the day, I actually don’t think about Haley Stevens,” El-Sayed told reporters Sunday in a clip shared by CNN. “I’m just less interested in the politics of it all than I am in the policy of it all.”