Abdul El-Sayed
Senator-elect from Michigan
Democrat
Won the seat
- Seat
- Michigan Senate
- Opponent
- Mike Rogers (R)
- Result
- 52.5% – 45.4%
- Status
- Called
Where they stand.
The issues
Medicare for All
Wants to expand Medicare to every American, covering vision, dental and hearing, without premiums, copays or deductibles.
“I will fight to expand Medicare to cover all necessary healthcare, including vision, dental, and hearing, and extend it to every single American from cradle to grave without premiums, copays, or deductibles.”
Source for Medicare for All, on Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)Money Out of Politics
Supports legislation to overturn Citizens United and limit corporate and special-interest money in elections.
“To get corporate and special interest money out of politics, I support legislation to overturn the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court decision.”
Source for Money Out of Politics, on Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)Money in Your Pocket
Supports raising the marginal tax rate on earnings over $1 million and a tax on wealth over $1 billion.
“I support raising the marginal tax rate on earnings over $1 million and a billionaire tax on wealth over $1 billion.”
Source for Money in Your Pocket, on Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)Immigration
Wants to abolish ICE and redirect its funds to immigration courts and a pathway to citizenship.
“And I believe that ICE funds should be repurposed to build out the legal infrastructure of courts to create a clear pathway to citizenship for those who are stuck in limbo in our current system.”
Source for Immigration, on Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)Housing and Homelessness
Wants to ban large corporations that speculate on housing from owning homes and ban algorithmic rent price-fixing software.
“I want to ban large corporations that speculate on our housing stock from owning homes at all.”
Source for Housing and Homelessness, on Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign site (opens in a new tab)
From Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign website. Summaries are ours; anything in quotation marks is copied word for word from the linked page. Read the full platform (opens in a new tab)
The promises
- HealthClock is ticking
Expand Medicare to cover every American, including vision, dental and hearing, with no premiums, copays or deductibles
“I will fight to expand Medicare to cover all necessary healthcare, including vision, dental, and hearing, and extend it to every single American from cradle to grave without premiums, copays, or deductibles.”
Campaign website, Medicare for All page, 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab)
- ImmigrationClock is ticking
Abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
“We must replace our broken and unpredictable immigration policy with a clear, comprehensive, and fair system. That begins with Abolishing ICE.”
Campaign website, Money Out of Politics page (Immigration section), 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab)
- DemocracyClock is ticking
Abolish the Senate filibuster
“I believe that it is antidemocratic and should be abolished.”
Campaign website, Money Out of Politics page (Abolishing the Filibuster section), 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab)
- War & peaceClock is ticking
Support an immediate arms embargo on Israel
“And I support an immediate arms embargo on Israel and reject the false differentiation between “offensive” and “defensive” weapons.”
Campaign website, Money Out of Politics page (Sensible Foreign Policy section), 2026 campaign · source (opens in a new tab)
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, is an American epidemiologist, academic, and politician who is the United States senator-elect from the state of Michigan.
From Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Raised
- $53.8M
- From individuals
- $47.2M
- Spent
- $51.1M
- Cash on hand
- $2.7M
Federal Election Commission, through 2026-10-14.
On record since 2022
- Given to their campaign
- $0
- Donations from AIPAC and its members, sent to Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign to spend.
- Ads to help them win
- $0
- Ads and mailers AIPAC paid for on its own, supporting Abdul El-Sayed.
- Ads to help them lose
- $20.7M
- Ads and mailers AIPAC paid for on its own, attacking Abdul El-Sayed.
AIPAC is a pro-Israel lobbying group that spends on elections two ways. Its PAC collects donations from members and sends them to campaigns, where they become the candidate’s money to spend. Its super PAC, United Democracy Project, runs its own ads, and the candidate gets no say in those, whether they help or hurt. From Federal Election Commission filings through 2026-10-14: AIPAC PAC filings (opens in a new tab), United Democracy Project filings (opens in a new tab).
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