Michigan Democrat Haley Stevens says she has no regrets backing Republican Mike Rogers while her party weighs expelling her

Rep. Haley Stevens, a four-term Michigan Democrat leaving Congress after narrowly losing the Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, told reporters she found it "worth it" to split her ticket, voting Rogers over her own party's nominee just two days before Tuesday's midterms. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said the caucus will decide her fate after the elections, warning she had "blindsided everyone and isolated herself."

Several Democrats alleged Stevens was influenced by pressure from her Jewish fiancé, Jason Turkish, into backing Rogers.

Rogers defended her, calling her "courageous" and slamming what he called the "vicious" attacks, saying the episode showed "who the modern Democrat Party is."

Stevens drew fresh ridicule online for turning up to vote in an unusually large sun hat on a chilly November day, with one commenter asking: "Is she voting or going to a horse race?"