Abdul El-Sayed tells Trump to 'call me Senator' after winning Michigan to become America's first Muslim senator
"MICHIGAN, WE DID IT!" Abdul El-Sayed celebrates his projected U.S, in a picture posted on X by Fox News.
Abdul El-Sayed, 42, a former Detroit public health official and son of Egyptian immigrants, defeated Republican Mike Rogers with roughly 52% of the vote to become the first Muslim elected to the US Senate in American history. The victory came despite Trump calling El-Sayed a "jihadist" at rallies and on Truth Social, and Rogers tying him to terrorism and mocking his faith throughout the campaign.
El-Sayed taunted JD Vance directly, saying: 'JD, habibi, there is this delicious irony in the fact that you're constitutionally obligated to swear me in in January.'
His win came amid a broader Democratic wave that handed the party control of both the House and Senate, delivering a sweeping midterm rebuke to President Trump.
Democrat Haley Stevens, whom El-Sayed narrowly beat in the August primary, endorsed Republican Rogers just days before the election — a move Senate leader Chuck Schumer called 'a despicable betrayal'.
