Browsing: Michigan Senate race

Wayne County, Michigan approved a $9,000-a-month consulting contract for Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed days after he announced his campaign and resigned his county health post, public records show.

Resurfaced podcast remarks show Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed once called anti-fentanyl dealer laws “draconian” and backed supervised drug consumption sites, as his campaign faces scrutiny over millions in outside PAC spending.

Senate Majority PAC has added $10 million to its backing of Michigan Senate candidate Abdulrahman El-Sayed, bringing its total to $30 million, even as more than $15 million of the group’s funding is linked to donors associated with Jeffrey Epstein.

A new New York Times poll shows Republican Senator Susan Collins leading Democrat Troy Jackson by three points in Maine, while Senate races in Michigan and New Hampshire remain within single digits despite the poll’s turnout assumptions favoring Democrats.

Kamala Harris campaigned with Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit, arguing that cuts to DEI programs and Medicaid disproportionately harm Black and Native maternal health outcomes.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed drew conservative mockery for referring to a pregnant woman as an “adult” or “juvenile human” while answering a pro-life student’s question at a Kalamazoo town hall.

Roughly 500 Jewish Democrats and independents in Michigan have signed a letter backing Republican Mike Rogers over Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, while more than 800 others have signed a counter-letter affirming support for El-Sayed.

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s bid has revived scrutiny over the fact that senators, unlike many federal officials, aren’t required to obtain a formal security clearance before gaining access to classified information.

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed challenged Vice President JD Vance to a weightlifting competition, questioning Vance’s beard and suggesting he uses testosterone replacement therapy.

Twitch streamer Hasan Piker said he’d “absolutely” campaign for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a 2028 presidential run, even as Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign publicly rejected Piker’s comparison of U.S. actions abroad to al Qaeda’s terrorism.