Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed won the U.S. Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers

Federal and state elections held midway through a presidential term that determine control of Congress and shape the political direction of the country.

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Michigan elected progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed over Republican Mike Rogers to fill an open Senate seat. As the chamber’s first Muslim member, he brings a campaign centered on single-payer health care, political spending and Israel policy into national office after surviving an expensive primary and a bitter general-election campaign.