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Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan's Democratic primary for Senate

NPR · Aug 5, 2026, 1:54 PM UTC

El-Sayed, an epidemiologist, backs Medicare for all and decries corporate money in politics. He beat Rep. Haley Stevens, whose supporters said she would have had a better chance in the fall.

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