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The Associated Press called the race early on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, with about 88 percent of ballots counted, showing El-Sayed with roughly 52 percent of the vote against 46 percent for former Representative Mike Rogers.<\/p>\n<p>El-Sayed addressed supporters in Detroit about an hour before the call, telling them: &#8220;Michigan, we did it.&#8221; What follows is a short profile of the senator-elect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roots: the son of Egyptian immigrants, he was born and raised in suburban Detroit.<\/li>\n<li>Education: a University of Michigan graduate and Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, he earned his medical degree at Columbia University.<\/li>\n<li>Career: he was an assistant professor of epidemiology at Columbia before taking public health leadership roles in Detroit and Wayne County.<\/li>\n<li>Road to the seat: he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Michigan in 2018, then won his party&#8217;s Senate primary in August 2026.<\/li>\n<li>The seat: it was held by Senator Gary Peters, who chose not to seek another term.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>El-Sayed is due to be sworn in as a senator in January, when the new Congress begins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan&#8217;s seat in the US Senate, becoming the first Muslim ever elected to the chamber. The Associated Press called the race early on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, with about 88 percent of ballots counted, showing El-Sayed with roughly 52 percent of the vote against 46 percent for former Representative Mike Rogers. El-Sayed addressed supporters in Detroit about an hour before the call, telling them: &#8220;Michigan, we did it.&#8221; What follows is a short profile of the senator-elect: Roots: the son of Egyptian immigrants, he was born and raised in suburban Detroit. 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