El-Sayed becomes first Muslim U.S. senator
Summary
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, according to an Associated Press projection. El-Sayed, a former Detroit health director, will become the first Muslim U.S. senator and has campaigned on universal health care, taxing billionaires and reducing corporate influence in politics.Key Facts
- The candidates competed for the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters.
- Republicans had hoped to win the seat, which Democrats had held for decades.
- U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary to El-Sayed, endorsed Rogers in the race’s final days.
- El-Sayed and Rogers both made affordability a central campaign issue but proposed different approaches.
- Rogers backed tax cuts, domestic manufacturing, more transparent health care prices, and stronger border and immigration enforcement.
- President Trump questioned El-Sayed’s loyalty to the United States and made allegations of extremist ties that the article describes as unsubstantiated; El-Sayed rejected them.
- El-Sayed’s Medicare for All proposal faces political obstacles to becoming law.
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