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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Joseph Gedeon and Rachel Leingang

Abdul El-Sayed’s win proves change is possible for Democrats. His next fight may determine their future

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Abdul El-Sayed speaks to his supporters in Detroit, Michigan, on Wednesday. Photograph: Dieu-Nalio Chery/EPA

In the final stretch of the state’s Democratic primary for US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed challenged voters at a small event in rural Michigan to think about the message they could send the rest of the country when they cast their ballots.

“Who are we? Who do we want to be?” El-Sayed said. “Do we want a state that’s defined by how much money corporations brought in to tell us what we couldn’t have? Or do we want to be a state where we demonstrate to the rest of the country what’s possible when you build a movement of, by and for the people?”

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