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Abdul El-Sayed at the Michigan Democratic Party Election Night Party at The Department at Hudson’s in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday.
Abdul El-Sayed at the Michigan Democratic Party Election Night Party at The Department at Hudson’s in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday. Will Lanzoni/CNN
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, will defeat Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, delivering a battleground state victory for the Democratic Party’s progressive wing.
El-Sayed’s win means the seat of retiring Sen. Gary Peters will remain in Democratic hands.
El-Sayed cuts a much different figure from typical politicians. The 42-year-old typically wears a tight V-neck T-shirt, a dive watch on a rubber strap, jeans and dark sneakers.
His win comes despite struggles to unite Democrats after a bruising August primary that pitted El-Sayed against moderate Rep. Haley Stevens — a contest El-Sayed won by less than a percentage point.
Stevens roiled the race in its final days by announcing Sunday that she was endorsing Rogers and appearing with him at a church in Detroit. The stunning move infuriated Democratic leaders nationally and in Michigan — and it led the party to rally around El-Sayed, who spent months attempting to consolidate the support of Black and Jewish voters who had backed Stevens in the primary.
Now, he is poised to make history: He’ll become the nation’s first Muslim senator when he is sworn in in January.
#BTC #ETH
Abdul El-Sayed at the Michigan Democratic Party Election Night Party at The Department at Hudson’s in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday.
Abdul El-Sayed at the Michigan Democratic Party Election Night Party at The Department at Hudson’s in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday. Will Lanzoni/CNN
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, will defeat Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in Michigan’s Senate race, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, delivering a battleground state victory for the Democratic Party’s progressive wing.
El-Sayed’s win means the seat of retiring Sen. Gary Peters will remain in Democratic hands.
El-Sayed cuts a much different figure from typical politicians. The 42-year-old typically wears a tight V-neck T-shirt, a dive watch on a rubber strap, jeans and dark sneakers.
His win comes despite struggles to unite Democrats after a bruising August primary that pitted El-Sayed against moderate Rep. Haley Stevens — a contest El-Sayed won by less than a percentage point.
Stevens roiled the race in its final days by announcing Sunday that she was endorsing Rogers and appearing with him at a church in Detroit. The stunning move infuriated Democratic leaders nationally and in Michigan — and it led the party to rally around El-Sayed, who spent months attempting to consolidate the support of Black and Jewish voters who had backed Stevens in the primary.
Now, he is poised to make history: He’ll become the nation’s first Muslim senator when he is sworn in in January.
#BTC #ETH