Abdul El-Sayed
American politician and epidemiologist (born 1984)
Photo: Conlan Houston, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- 7h ago
Ocasio-Cortez transfers $1 million to El-Sayed's Michigan Senate campaign
The New York representative moved the money from her own campaign on Friday, 16 October, as the Michigan race heads toward the 3 November vote. The sum is unusually large for a House member giving to a Senate race in another state.
- 6d ago
Obama tells Lisbon forum young leaders are needed and presidents cannot start wars without parliament
Former US president Barack Obama spoke at the sixth Game Changers Forum in Lisbon on Saturday, less than a month before the 3 November US midterm elections. Earlier that day he was received at Belém Palace by President António José Seguro.
- Oct 9
El-Sayed and Rogers trade insults in fiery Michigan Senate debate
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers faced off Thursday night in their first televised debate, less than a month before the November 3 midterms. Rogers repeatedly linked El-Sayed, who is Muslim, to Hezbollah, Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda, claims for which no evidence has been put forward.
- Oct 3
Democrats lead congressional generic ballot as Republicans defend narrow House and Senate majorities
With one month before the 3 November 2026 midterm elections, Democrats hold an eight-point lead on the generic ballot as Republicans seek to defend a razor-thin 218-seat House majority and 53 Senate seats.
