Progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate race
Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed speaks at an election night event early Wednesday in Detroit. Credit: AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson
WASHINGTON — Progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Republican Mike Rogers in a bitter campaign for Michigan’s open Senate seat, giving the Democratic Party’s left wing a breakthrough victory in one of the nation’s most important swing states.
El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, will become the nation’s first Muslim senator. A former public health official who has never held elected office, he rose from a double-digit defeat in Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary eight years ago to win a seat in the U.S. Senate.
“You took a chance on the unlikeliest of candidates," El-Sayed told a Detroit crowd early Wednesday as he declared victory. “Thank you. This is all yours.”
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