Abdul El-Sayed Wins Senate Seat, a First for Muslim Americans
Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed is headed to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first Muslim elected to the chamber. Muslim voters, roughly 3% of Michigan's electorate, broke hard for him — about 9 in 10 backed him in the state's Senate race, per The AP Voter Poll.
Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has won a seat in the U.S. Senate, making him the first Muslim ever elected to the chamber. The victory lands in a state where Muslim voters make up about 3% of the electorate — and they showed up for him in force.
According to The AP Voter Poll, roughly 9 in 10 Muslim voters in Michigan's Senate race cast their ballots for El-Sayed. That's a lopsided margin, the kind that turns a small slice of the electorate into a decisive bloc.
The win writes a new line in the Senate's history books. El-Sayed, a Michigan Democrat, now carries that milestone — and the expectations that come with it — into Washington.
The numbers behind the result come from The AP Voter Poll, which surveyed voters in the state's Senate contest. Muslim voters overwhelmingly backed El-Sayed, the poll found, even as they accounted for a modest share of the overall Michigan electorate.
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