These Wins Could Mint a New Generation of Democratic Stars
Abdul El-Sayed — Michigan
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, 42, will be the first Muslim to serve in the Senate. He is a physician who ran local health departments in Detroit, and became the party’s nominee after a bruising and expensive primary against the much-better-funded Representative Haley Stevens. He ran
an explicitly progressive campaign in a purple state, and liberal icons like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez embraced his effort to transform their party.
Voters from South Carolina to Ohio to Texas have elevated a new class of Democrats who could not be more different from one another.
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