Abdul El-Sayed has won the Democratic primary for the US Senate in Michigan, defeating US Representative Haley Stevens, and will face Republican Mike Rogers in the November midterm elections, projects NBC. El-Sayed, 41, the son of Egyptian immigrants, would be the first Muslim senator in the US, if elected.
El-Sayed has been endorsed by leading left-wing politicians such as Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and New York City congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.