Wayne County executive Warren Evans is putting his chips behind a progressive newcomer who’s running against a current state House member to represent the state’s newly drawn 2nd state Senate district.
Evans is endorsing Abbas Alawieh, a former congressional chief of staff and one of the co-founders of the 2024 Uncommitted movement. The new state Senate seat represents Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Allen Park, Melvindale, plus parts of Taylor and Detroit.
Also running for the seat are state Reps. Erin Byrnes, D-Dearborn, and Tullio Liberati, D-Allen Park. Both candidates filed campaign committees last summer, while Alawieh filed his campaign committee in December…