Egyptian-American Democrat Abdul El-Sayed Wins Seat In Michigan Senate Battle
"Michigan, we did it!" El-Sayed said in a speech at his election headquarters in Detroit.
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El-Sayed won despite a last-minute hiccup in his campaign when congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary to El-Sayed, came out in support of Rogers at the 11th hour.
The Michigan doctor rallied voters on leftist campaign promises, including universal health care, to hold a key US Senate seat for Democrats, taking over from the retiring Gary Peters.
Republicans ran a scorched-earth campaign to paint Democrats as communists and branded El-Sayed a terrorist who would endanger Americans.
But the straight-talking 42-year-old El-Sayed pledged to help cash-strapped voters navigate America's thorny health care system.
"You deserve to be able to see a doctor without getting a huge bill," he told Michiganders on the eve of the vote, vowing to upend America's divisive multi-billion-dollar for-profit medical system.
During the race, El-Sayed drew huge campaign crowds across the state, even in deeply conservative Republican areas.
El-Sayed also vowed to get "money out of politics" and address the harsh economic woes that have voters yearning for a political newcomer to shake up the status quo.
The election makes El-Sayed the first Democratic doctor in the Senate since 1969.
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