Abdul El-sayed Wins Michigan’s Closely Watched Senate Race
WHO:
TMZ - Abdul El-Sayed became the first Muslim senator in the United States.
Slate Magazine - Patricia Coleman-Burns, a Detroit resident and former supporter of Representative Haley Stevens, said Black women voters had contacted her after Stevens withdrew her endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed and backed Mike Rogers.
Slate Magazine - Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called Stevens’ move a “despicable betrayal.”
Slate Magazine - Democratic Party chair until 2015 Lon Johnson said some Democrats could not support either candidate; strategist David Kramer, who co-wrote an opinion piece with Johnson, said he planned to vote for Rogers.
Fox News - Former Representative Justin Amash said Mike Rogers “would be more dangerous in the U.S. Senate” than Abdul El-Sayed.
CBS News Politics - Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic candidate who won the Michigan Senate race.
CBS News Politics - Mike Rogers is a former Republican representative and El-Sayed’s defeated opponent.
New York Post - El-Sayed faced Representative Haley Stevens in a grueling Democratic primary.
NBC News - El-Sayed is an epidemiologist, a former public health official, and aligned with the Democratic Party’s left flank.
NBC News - El-Sayed defeated his Republican rival, identified in the article excerpt as a former representative; the excerpt does not provide the rival’s name.
WHAT:
Fox News - In his victory speech, Abdul El-Sayed mocked Trump, JD Vance and Mike Rogers, calling his opponents “the bad guys” who lost.
Slate Magazine - Anne Soffin left the Senate race blank on her absentee ballot, saying she could not vote for either El-Sayed or Rogers.
Slate Magazine - Johnson predicted El-Sayed would run “5 to 6 points below” a typical Democrat in Michigan and said the race would be close.
Slate Magazine - Johnson said Stevens’ endorsement was unlikely to move many votes, saying, “Endorsements barely work in a race like this.”
CBS News Politics - CBS News projected that El-Sayed defeated Rogers in the Michigan Senate race.
New York Post - The headline characterized El-Sayed’s win over Rogers as a rout and said he defied a bitter party mutiny.
NBC News - El-Sayed won Michigan’s Senate race, described as high-stakes and highly hostile.
WHERE:
Slate Magazine - Coleman-Burns described speaking with voters in Detroit; the article also identifies Soffin as being from Grosse Pointe.
CBS News Politics - The Senate race was in Michigan.
New York Post - The Senate race was in Michigan.
NBC News - The Senate race was in Michigan.
WHY:
Slate Magazine - Coleman-Burns said Stevens’ endorsement of Rogers prompted some parents to urge their children to vote, which she believed might benefit El-Sayed.
CBS News Politics - CBS News described the contest as one of the most contentious contests of the midterm elections.
New York Post - The article said El-Sayed entered the race politically bruised after a grueling primary against Stevens.
HOW:
CBS News Politics - CBS News reported the result as a projection.
New York Post - The article said El-Sayed’s primary against Representative Haley Stevens took place in August.
(UPDATED November 4, 2026 12:01 UTC)
Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Senate race, becoming the first Muslim senator in the United States. He defeated Republican Mike Rogers after a bitter campaign and a contentious Democratic primary. In his victory speech, El-Sayed mocked Trump, JD Vance, and Rogers as “the bad guys.”
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(UPDATED November 4, 2026 08:58 UTC)
Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s Senate race, defeating Republican Mike Rogers after a bitter campaign. Representative Haley Stevens’s endorsement of Rogers angered some Democrats, with Chuck Schumer calling it betrayal. Some voters rejected both candidates, while others said Stevens’s move could energize El-Sayed’s supporters.
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(UPDATED November 4, 2026 07:59 UTC)
Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan’s high-stakes Senate race, defeating Republican Mike Rogers in a projected victory. The epidemiologist and former public health official emerged from a grueling Democratic primary. El-Sayed’s victory came in one of the midterm elections’ most contentious contests.