Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate seat
The gist
Epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan's Senate race over Republican Mike Rogers, 50.8% to 47.3%.
He becomes the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.
How it unfolded
- Aug 5, 2026El-Sayed narrowly won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, defeating Rep. Haley Stevens by about 1 percentage point (48.5% to 47.5%; a 14,893-vote margin out of more than 1.5 million ballots).
- Nov 1, 2026Stevens appeared with Republican Mike Rogers at a church in Detroit and endorsed him, reversing her earlier pledge to support the Democratic nominee.
- Nov 3, 2026NBC News, CBS News, the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ projected El-Sayed the winner over Rogers; Decision Desk HQ results showed El-Sayed at 50.8% to Rogers' 47.3%.