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El-Sayed defeats Rogers to win Michigan Senate race
- WASHINGTON (AP) — Progressive favorite Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Republican Mike Rogers in a bitter campaign for Michigan’s open Senate seat, giving the Democratic Party’s left wing a breakthrough victory in one of the nation’s most important swing states.
- El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants, will become the nation’s first Muslim senator.
- A former public health official who has never held elected office, he rose from a double-digit defeat in Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary eight years ago to win a seat in the U.S.
- Senate.
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