Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, defeating Haley Stevens by roughly one percentage point after a too-close-to-call race on Tuesday. The 41-year-old physician and former Detroit health director, who has never held elected office, will face Republican Mike Rogers in November.
El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants educated at the University of Michigan, Columbia, and Oxford, campaigned on Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, and ending unconditional U.S. military aid to Israel, calling the war on Gaza a "genocide." Stevens, backed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Senator Chuck Schumer, received over $30 million in support from AIPAC and affiliated groups. If elected, El-Sayed would become the first Muslim U.S. senator.
President Donald Trump called El-Sayed a "communist loser" on Truth Social and claimed he "hates Jews and Israel," while also questioning voting integrity in Wayne County.