# Abdul El-Sayed: Is this Democratic left-winger the answer to Trump's MAGA?

https://mins.news/en/video/15490

- BBC News, 2026-08-06 19:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvgqsImOsGI

> Left-wing political outsider Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. Drawing on Muhammad Ali, he said the campaign had “shaken up the world.” He will now face Republican Trump ally Mike Rogers in the November midterm elections. A victory would make El-Sayed the first Muslim to serve in the US Senate. The report examines who he is and what his primary win could mean for Democrats.

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