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Abdul El-Sayed
Abdul El-SayedEgyptian American Muslim physician. Won the Aug. 4 Democratic primary and faces Republican Mike Rogers; a win would make him the first Muslim U.S. senator
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Michigan Senate nominee El-Sayed tells Dearborn roundtable: “I will show up. I don’t back down.”Oct 23, 2026 · Politics | MichiganBoston Globe: Tensions between Black and Arab American voters roil Michigan Senate raceOct 21, 2026 · Politics | MichiganMS NOW: Michigan Arab and Muslim leaders say Trump's attacks on El-Sayed have closed the door on RepublicansOct 21, 2026 · Politics | MichiganABC News: El-Sayed says attacks on his faith are meant to distract from Americans' strugglesOct 20, 2026 · Politics | MichiganEl-Sayed, Rogers pitch competing economic visions at Detroit Economic Club forumOct 20, 2026 · Politics | MichiganEl-Sayed highlights faith in new ad after Republican attacksOct 19, 2026 · Politics | MichiganEl-Sayed takes Senate campaign into Michigan’s Republican-leaning Upper PeninsulaOct 19, 2026 · Politics | MichiganMan who heckled El-Sayed over Muslim Brotherhood is former Hawley aide, records showOct 19, 2026 · Politics | MichiganWhen religion becomes a disqualification, but misconduct gets a passOct 19, 2026 · OpinionCBS correspondent apologizes for post praising El-Sayed town-hall attendeeOct 18, 2026 · Politics | MichiganWhat El-Sayed's Senate nomination means | And why it will bother Egypt's government as it bothered Israel and the lobbyOct 18, 2026 · OpinionEl-Sayed disavows Muslim Brotherhood at Michigan town hall, rejects “dual loyalty” chargeOct 17, 2026 · Politics | MichiganRogers camp accused of scorched-earth campaign against El-SayedOct 14, 2026 · Column | MichiganEl-Sayed campaign and Farhat reject RNC chair’s 9/11 claimOct 13, 2026 · Politics | MichiganEl-Sayed and Rogers debate immigration and foreign policy in MichiganOct 9, 2026 · PoliticsAAPAC announces its picks for Michigan's Nov. 3 electionOct 2, 2026 · Elections
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