Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens endorses Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan's Senate race two days before the election

Rep. Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat, endorsed Republican Mike Rogers for the U.S. Senate on Sunday, two days before an election that could help decide which party controls the chamber, The Associated Press reported. Stevens lost the August Democratic primary to Abdul El-Sayed and had said for months that she would support the party's ticket.

She announced the endorsement after attending a church service in Detroit with Rogers. "Our Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, Abdul, said that I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away, and he's right," Stevens said in a video posted on social media, according to NBC News. "And that's why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today."

The split followed days of public statements between the two Democrats. Stevens had called on El-Sayed to condemn an outside group's ad that linked U.S. military aid to Israel with rising grocery prices, which she called antisemitic, CBS News reported. El-Sayed said the ad "was not made by me" and that he disagreed with it, and he accused Stevens of "relitigating a primary that ended three months ago." NBC News reported Saturday that his campaign had asked her to stop attending its events. In her video, Stevens also said she does "not stand with Hasan Piker," a streamer who campaigned with El-Sayed during the primary.

Stevens said she is not turning her back on Democrats. "It is this one vote," she said, according to CBS. Speaking to reporters outside a "Souls to the Polls" event in Detroit, El-Sayed said, "None of this matters," and turned to voters' worries about schools, groceries and medical bills, NPR reported.

The winner on Tuesday will succeed Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who is not seeking another term.