Politics · Michigan primary · ArchiveMichigan Democrat El-Sayed Wins Primary, Faces Mike Rogers in NovemberAired August 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00Abdul El-Sayed is now Michigan's0:02Democratic nominee for the United States0:04Senate after narrowly defeating Haley0:06Stevens this week, setting up a November0:08contest against Republican Mike Rogers0:10that will help decide control of the0:12Senate. His victory puts a progressive0:14at the top of the Democratic [music]0:15ticket in one of the states most likely0:17to determine which party controls the0:19Senate with the general election0:21match-up [music] now set. A Republican0:23Party ad has already seized on his0:25candidacy using his full name, Abdul0:28Rahman Mohammed El-Sayed, calling him0:30the most [music] radical Senate0:31candidate and claiming he pledged0:33support for the leader of the Muslim0:34Brotherhood, [music] a designated0:36foreign terrorist group. El-Sayed is0:38pointing to turnout in the Michigan0:39primaries saying 500,000 more Democrats0:42voted than Republicans as a sign [music]0:44of energy heading into November, while0:46also facing the immediate task of0:48consolidating voters who backed Stevens0:50and other more moderate candidates.0:58El-Sayed described [music] the phone0:59conversation with Barack Obama as warm1:01and inspiring, said he was grateful for1:04Obama's advice, and said he hopes Obama1:06will campaign with him in Michigan.1:08No [music] broader independent1:09confirmation of that call or a future1:11appearance has been established beyond1:13the single television interview where it1:14was discussed, [music] and the central1:16tests ahead are whether that hoped-for1:17appearance materializes, whether he can1:19bring together the moderate majority1:21from the primary, and whether the attack1:23over his name and the Brotherhood claim1:25shapes the contest before the direct1:27comparison with Rogers.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗