DETROIT — Buoyed by favorable national tailwinds, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed overcame party infighting to defeat Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s fiercely competitive US Senate race.
El-Sayed, a progressive who campaigned on universal healthcare and taxing the rich, is the first Muslim ever elected to the US Senate. He’ll be part of a new majority for Democrats, who flipped several seats in other states in a national rebuke of Republican President Donald Trump.
The Associated Press called the race for El-Sayed at 2:27 a.m, declaring him the winner over his Republican rival. He led Rogers by nearly 6 percentage points with 85% of all ballots counted. {read}