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Coverage dated October 21, 2026

Michigan’s Senate Race Has Devolved into Islamophobic Attacks on El-Sayed

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If Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed wins in Michigan next month, he will become the first Muslim to serve in the upper chamber. But as has happened with other firsts, El-Sayed will have to defeat a shameless and frankly dangerous attempt to otherize him based on his identity.

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  1. Financial Times

    Could Michigan elect America’s first Muslim senator? (opens Financial Times)

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    Financial Times's feed description

    Democrat Abdul El-Sayed could make history — or scupper his party’s hopes of taking control of the Senate in midterm elections

  2. The Boston Globe

    In Michigan, tensions between Black and Arab American voters have become a wild card in Abdul El-Sayed Senate race (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    To become the nation’s first Muslim US senator, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed will have to overcome the aftermath of Michigan's volatile presidential election two years ago.

  3. Bloomberg

    Michigan’s Senate Race Has Devolved into Islamophobic Attacks on El-Sayed (opens Bloomberg)

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    Bloomberg's feed description

    If Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed wins in Michigan next month, he will become the first Muslim to serve in the upper chamber. But as has happened with other firsts, El-Sayed will have to defeat a shameless and frankly dangerous attempt to otherize him based on his identity.