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The cost of living is one of the main concerns for many US voters as the midterm elections get underway. In Michigan, Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has pledged to "take the money out of politics and put it in your pocket", as FRANCE 24 correspondent Jessica Le Masurier reports.
In the US midterm elections, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers are testing two sharply different strategies to win over voters in one of the nation's premier swing states on Tuesday, November 3, in a closely watched race that could determine control of the Senate. Progressive candidate El-Sayed has so far outpolled his Republican rival and is emerging as one of the Democratic Party's rising stars.
Abdul El-Sayed, the doctor vying for a crucial US Senate seat for the Democrats, made his closing pitch to Michigan voters at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit, in one of America's poorest communities. The left-wing former medical administrator has drawn huge crowds at campaign rallies across Michigan with his promise to make healthcare free for all Americans. FRANCE 24's team reports from Michigan.
The events come as Haley Stevens opined on why she withdrew support for the US Senate Democratic nominee.
Bruce Springsteen is throwing his support behind Abdul El-Sayed, who’s running as the Democratic candidate in the race to be Michigan’s senator. El-Sayed is running against Republican nominee Mike Rogers in this year’s midterms, and if elected he would become the first Muslim senator is U.S. history. Because of his religious background, El-Sayed has faced […]
Democrats slam Haley Stevens over her endorsement of a Republican candidate a day before the polls.
Trump attacks Muslim politicians Abdul El-Sayed and Ilhan Omar in his two last rallies on the campaign trail.
Daughter of the late champion boxer Muhammad Ali, and her son, have endorsed Abdul El-Sayed’s runs for the US Senate
El-Sayed dismisses Stevens’ backing of Republican Senate candidate
US Democrat Haley Stevens from Michigan was heckled as a ‘traitor’, after endorsing Republican Mike Rogers.
The move by Haley Stevens, who lost out on the Democratic Senate nomination to Abdul El-Sayed, was called a "despicable betrayal" by one top Democrat.
Haley Stevens had lost the Democratic nomination for Senate in Michigan to Abdul El-Sayed earlier this year.
