The Democratic Party primary election for U.S. Senate in Michigan on August 4 is a big test for democratic socialism and could foretell the Left’s political course for the next generation. 

To date, democratic socialists have defeated several incumbent, establishment, moderate Democrats in races for the U.S. House of Representatives in Colorado, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and other states. Indeed, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are riding a winning streak. 

But aside from Graham Platner’s triumph in Maine — though he could be on the verge of dropping out due to rape allegations — democratic socialists have not had much success winning seats in the U.S. Senate. 

Whereas the U.S. House has the socialist Squad, which will be infused with many new democratic socialists next year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is the lone democratic socialist in the U.S. Senate. 

For the seat of retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), a moderate, conventional Democrat, Michigan voters will choose between Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens. 

Stevens, who currently holds a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, is the de facto choice of the mainstream Democratic Party. She earned her stripes in the Obama administration. She has been endorsed by........

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