Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed campaigns in GOP stronghold

NPR | By Russ McNamara

Published October 19, 2026 at 4:46 AM EDT

Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is campaigning in the GOP stronghold of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, an area that hasn't voted for a Democrat in Congress in over a decade.

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