Final day of campaigning for El-Sayed and Rogers

It is election eve, and in just hours, polls across the state will open for the midterms. And in the state's biggest races, a final push by the candidates tonight. Fox 2's Lauren Edwards joins us live from Detroit at a rally for U.S. Senate candidate Abdullah al-Sayed. And Lauren, what's the mood, and how many undecideds are still out there? You know, Rup, I can tell you, I was at that event behind me at the Majestic Theater, and the mood was great. It was pretty happy, a lot of jovialness going on, and a lot of just really good energy and good vibes, and I think that's exactly what Dr. Abdullah al-Sayed was going for, but he had a very specific message. Take a listen. Y'all, it just shouldn't be this hard. Shouldn't be this hard in the richest, most powerful country in the world to afford a tank of gas. Shouldn't be this hard to pay your rent or your mortgage. Should not be this hard to buy a second bag of groceries. And that is Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaking to a packed house at the Majestic Theater on Woodward Avenue in Detroit. He and rapper Common hosted the Get Out the Vote rally the day before Election Day. And he's running to win Gary Peters' open Senate seat and running against Republican candidate Mike Rogers. Hundreds turned out, including other lawmakers and politicians. But many in the crowd say as fun as it all was, they are focused on tomorrow. Cautiously optimistic. I feel like the energy has been really good about around Abdul's campaign. I've been so excited. This is the first campaign I've ever volunteered for in my life. So I'm optimistic. I'm hopeful. It's good to see that turnout. It's a mixed grab. I think there's a lot of hope. I'm feeling hopeful. I'm feeling that I'm going to be waking up the following day on Wednesday morning having a wonderful conversation with my daughters, with my wife, and letting them know that their neighbors turned out and voted for humanity, for consciousness, for morality. And I think we're going to see a democratic sweep across the ticket. Now, coming up on the edge, we're going to go back and go over everything that's happened, but also specifically what Common had to say when he took center stage. For now, reporting live here in Detroit, Lauren Edwards, Fox 2 News. Yeah, I mean, there's a lot of star power to go around for both camps. Of course, you had President Obama, President Trump last week. You have rappers. You have all kinds of people from across the political spectrum here. And you really wonder how much that moves the meter for those who are already excited about it. But it certainly does drive up that excitement. Gets the base energized. And I think that's exactly what it does. Rup, you and I have covered a number of elections. And it's always those final hours where it's that final push. And you bring in anyone and everyone you can. It's almost like you go through the Rolodex and you just bring in everybody to get people out to the polls. And I think that was another big message from tonight is just to make sure that people vote, vote early, vote with a plan, and just get it all done. All right. Our Lauren Edwards for us live tonight. Lauren, thank you. One last campaign stop for Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. On this election eve, Rogers rallied with other Republican candidates in Rochester Hills. Rogers is coming off a surprise last-minute endorsement from Congresswoman Haley Stevens. Rogers saying this election is about choosing country over party. We're gonna uplift our kids, we're gonna get off the bottom of every damn list in this state for our opportunities, and we're gonna stand up and we're gonna be counted, and we're gonna be the Michigan that we grew up and the Michigan that is great as it's ever been. Thank you everybody, get out and vote, find somebody, tomorrow, faith, family and freedom is on the ballot, let's get this done. Rodgers bus tour took the candidate to over 60 campaign events over just 12 days. An 11th hour endorsement continues to send shockwaves across Michigan with just hours until election day. As you know by now, Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens has broken ranks to back Republican Mike Rodgers over her party's Senate nominee, Abdul Al-Sayed. Stevens defending her decision over the weekend, saying personal differences with Al-Sayed cost him Her vote today, a coalition of community leaders joined Republicans to praise her move, which they're calling courageous. We're fighting for the soul of America, essentially, with this election. And you're seeing how the Democratic far left is unraveling in front of us. And it's sad, unfortunately. And we do ask everybody in the state of Michigan to give Mike Rogers and our ticket a chance. We are the pro-business, the pro-economy, the pro-freedom, and the pro-opportunity ticket. We are very, very optimistic. Democrats fiercely condemned the move, with state party leaders declaring Stevens no longer part of the party.