After El-Sayed’s win, another democratic socialist could break through Tuesday

Democrats spent much of last week asking what Abdul El-Sayed's win in Michigan says about the direction of the party

Now we're getting a look at what comes next. El-Sayed told NBC News Sunday that he spoke with former President Barack Obama last week

just days after the Democratic Socialists defeated the more moderate, establishment-backed Democrat Haley Stevens in that Senate primary

Obama did not endorse either candidate in the primary, but El-Sayed says their conversation was about bringing Democrats back together for November

So I really enjoyed the conversation. I was grateful for his advice. It was very warm, very inviting

And I know that he knows the critical role that Michigan is going to play

in holding Trump accountable, in winning back the Senate, and in building forward the future that we need

El-Sayed says he now hopes Obama will campaign with him in Michigan

where he faces Republican Mike Rogers in November. Tomorrow, Democrats could be having a very similar conversation

in another battleground state Wisconsin holds its Democratic primary for governor and Democratic socialist Francesca Hong goes into it as the frontrunner She built her campaign around affordability and an argument that Democratic voters want something different from the party establishment

But Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, backed by outgoing Governor Tony Evers, is making the opposite case

that Hong could be too far left to win Wisconsin in November

Republican groups have even spent millions boosting Hong in the primary, believing she would be easier to beat

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