US gets its first Muslim Senator: Abdul El-Sayed wins from Michigan, has India link

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has defeated Republican Mike Rogers in the race for a US Senate seat in Michigan, marking a victory for the former public health official who entered politics after training as a doctor.With his victory, El-Sayed has made history as the first Muslim elected to the US Senate.El-Sayed, who campaigned on an agenda centred on universal healthcare and government accountability, won the closely watched contest in one of the country's key political battleground states.His victory comes after a divisive Democratic primary in which he narrowly defeated establishment-backed Congresswoman Haley Stevens in August, 2026.The Michigan race had drawn national attention as Democrats sought to regain control of the Senate.Rogers, a former congressman and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, was making a second attempt to win a Senate seat after losing to Democrat Elissa Slotkin by fewer than 20,000 votes in 2024.For El-Sayed, the victory marks the culmination of…