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El-Sayed: Bigotry is GOP's only move

The Senate candidate encouraged his opponents to get better talking points

Salon

Trump attacks ‘full of s**t’ Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed after progressive’s primary win

The president accused El-Sayed of being part of a wave of Democratic ‘communists’ who would harm America if elected

The Independent UK

Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won in Michigan. Here’s what that could mean for progressives in future elections

ANALYSIS: Abdul El-Sayed just won by the skin of his teeth. His victory proves that the Bernie brand is far from unpopular in the Midwest, but that progressives will still have to climb mountains to win, writes John Bowden

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At Las Vegas campaign stop, Trump slams Michigan winner Abdul El-Sayed

President Donald Trump on Wednesday took his midterm campaign show to a casino a few miles off the Las Vegas strip in Nevada, where Republicans are targeting three light-blue House seats with control of the chamber on the line in November. The head of the Republican Party hit on his…

Roll Call

Abdul El-Sayed Says He's Not a Socialist. His Policy Agenda Says Otherwise.

El-Sayed is pushing a mendacious claim: that people would be wealthier if they endured yet another massive transfer of money and power to a vast federal health bureaucracy.

Reason

Republicans rush to define El-Sayed as Democrats try to move past bitter primary

Michigan Democrats sought Wednesday to turn the page on a bitter Senate primary, as Republicans made their opening attacks on newly anointed Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed. El-Sayed, a former local public health official running on an unabashedly progressive agenda, narrowly defeated the more centrist Rep. Haley Stevens in a divisive…

Roll Call

Top Democrats set aside qualms and embrace progressive Abdul El-Sayed

Democrats are ‘united by a common purpose,’ Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand say in joint statement

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Abdul El-Sayed's COVID Radicalism Is a Callback to a More United Party

The pandemic provided a glue that held the Democratic Party together. Without it, they don't know what they believe.

Reason

Abdul El-Sayed Wins Michigan Democratic Senate Primary. The Progressive Is Further Shaking Up The Party

Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed secured the Democratic nomination for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat after defeating Rep. Haley Stevens, setting up a high-stakes November contest against Republican Mike Rogers.

International Business Times

Leftist Democrat Abdul El-Sayed defeats establishment candidate in shock Michigan primary victory

Abdul El-Sayed's victory in Michigan comes as the Democratic party struggles to define itself in the Trump era.

Euronews

Abdul El-Sayed offers a template for Democrats to defeat Trumpism

The candidate has crafted a progressive nationalism and shown his party how to turn Republicans’ financial advantage against them

The Guardian - US

America edges towards first Muslim Senator as Michigan backs progressive rebel

TOI correspondent from Washington: The United States is edging towards its first ever Muslim Senator after Abdul El-Sayed, an Egyptian-American physician, Rhodes scholar, podcaster and progressive insurgent, defeated the Democratic establishment backed four-term Representative Haley Stevens in one of the most closely watched and bitterly fought primaries of the 2026…

The Times of India

What we learned from midterm primary elections in five key states

Elections underscored that momentum of progressive candidates remains strong but not unstoppable

The Guardian - US

Progressive climate organizer William Lawrence wins Michigan Democratic House primary

Activist who rallied around a datacenter moratorium will face incumbent Republican Tom Barrett in November

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Abdul El-Sayed’s win proves change is possible for Democrats. His next fight may determine their future

If the progressive wins Michigan’s general election, it could redefine the 2028 presidential contest. If he fails, the establishment will call him a cautionary tale

The Independent UK

Progressives leave Tuesday’s Democratic primaries as victors - but its not the night they hoped for

ANALYSIS: Abdul El-Sayed pulled off a victory for the left thanks to Democratic voter frustration. But it was not on the level progressives wanted, Eric Garcia writes

The Independent UK

Progressive Abdul El-Sayed narrowly wins Democratic Senate race in Michigan

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France 24

Leftist El-Sayed narrowly wins high-profile Michigan Democratic Senate primary

Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won Michigan's Democratic US Senate primary, US media projected, handing the party's left wing a significant victory in a pivotal battleground state. The upset over establishment-backed Haley Stevens is expected to sharpen debate over the Democrats' direction on economic populism, healthcare and support for Israel…

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The Economic Times

Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Democratic Senate primary

Abdul El-Sayed secured Michigan's Democratic Senate nomination, defeating Haley Stevens. He will now face Republican Mike Rogers in the general election. This pivotal race will determine Senate control in the upcoming elections. El-Sayed campaigned on progressive policies and received support from key figures. Democrats aim to unite their base to…

The Guardian - US

Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in defining race for Democrats

Progressive candidate will face Republican Mike Rogers in race to represent midwestern purple state in the Senate

Reason

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The Economic Times

Meet Abdul El-Sayed: Michigan Senate winner backs Medicare for all, wants to abolish ICE and end US military aid to Israel

Abdul El-Sayed election results: Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, projects NBC. Abdul El-Sayed has campaigned on issues such as Medicare for All, taxing billionaires, and abolishing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He also called for an end to US military aid and weapons sales to Israel.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Michigan Democratic race in the balance with El-Sayed holding narrow lead

Congresswoman Haley Stevens trails intensely Senate primary as counting continues

The Independent UK

Who is Abdul El-Sayed? The progressive Democrat in tight race to win Michigan primary

Dr Abdul El-Sayed has been endorsed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in his Senate bid

The Guardian - US

Abdul El-Sayed’s Michigan primary victory is the latest win for progressives challenging establishment-backed Democrats – as it happened

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