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'''Abdulrahman Mohamed El‑Sayed''' is the 2026 [[Democrat]] nominee for an open [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Michigan]], a [[swing state]] that [[Donald Trump]] won in the [[2024 presidential election]]. If elected, El-Sayed will become the first [[Muslim]] U.S. Senator and could become an outspoken critic of his own party's leadership in that chamber.

'''Abdulrahman Mohamed El‑Sayed''' is the 2026 [[Democrat]] nominee for an open [[U.S. Senate]] seat in [[Michigan]], a [[swing state]] that [[Donald Trump]] won in the [[2024 presidential election]]. If elected, El-Sayed will become the first practicing [[Muslim]] U.S. Senator,<ref>[[Barack Obama]], who has campaigned extensively for El-Sayed, served as a U.S. Senator from January 3, 2005, to November 16, 2008. ''See'' [[Obama's Religion]].</ref>  and could become an outspoken critic of his own party's leadership in that chamber.

El-Sayed's poll numbers predicted he would win the primary by a wider margin than the tallied votes, suggesting that some Democrat voters lied to pollsters in saying they would vote for him and then did not do so. On the even of [[Election Day]], polling shows him with a 3.5% lead over his [[Republican]] opponent [[Mike Rogers]].

El-Sayed's poll numbers predicted he would win the primary by a wider margin than the tallied votes, suggesting that some Democrat voters lied to pollsters in saying they would vote for him and then did not do so. On the even of [[Election Day]], polling shows him with a 3.5% lead over his [[Republican]] opponent [[Mike Rogers]].