

1 min readNew DelhiAug 5, 2026 11:55 PM IST
Political outsider Abdul El-Sayed, who is a former public health official, has sent tremors through the Democratic Party after winning the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan and exposing the party’s bitter divisions ahead of Midterm elections in the US. If elected to the Senate, the son of Egyptian immigrants, Abdul, would become the first Muslim senator.
Abdul, 41, who comes from Ann Arbor, Michigan, narrowly defeated four-term US Representative Haley Stevens. Abdul would now face a Trump-backed Republican, Mike Rogers, who ran unopposed for the Republican nomination. After winning the primary, Abdul, in his first remarks, said: “Tomorrow we begin to mend fences.”
Abdul has been able to generate support from the left wing by endorsing calls for universal healthcare, abolishing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and ending unconditional US military aid to Israel. He has garnered support from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and other left-wing leaders.
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