Just voted for El-Sayed.

Can Democrats win both chambers of Congress?​

It doesn’t happen often.

Since World War II, the House and Senate have flipped from one party to the other in the same midterm just three times: 1946, 1994 and 2006. The common thread when it does happen is an electorate clamoring for change or broad frustration with the sitting president.

This year has both, and Democrats are trying to capitalize on the opportunity.

 

The candidates who will decide the US midterm elections​

Abdul El-Sayed​


Democratic candidate for US Senate in Michigan

Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official on the left of the Democratic party, beat a moderate member of Congress to win the party’s nomination for US Senate in Michigan, in a race clouded by tens of millions in outside spending. He is facing Republican former congressman Mike Rogers in one of the country’s most-watched races. Michigan is a swing state: while the Senate seat they are fighting for has been held by a Democrat for 12 years, the state narrowly backed Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. El-Sayed’s brand of tough talk and the simplicity of his campaign slogan (money out of politics, money in your pocket, Medicare for All) have made him a progressive star – and a frequent punching bag on the right, where prominent figures led by the president have leaned into Islamophobia to criticize him.

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The candidates who will decide the US midterm elections

These candidates could shape not only power in Washington, but public and political understanding of what works – and wins votes – in different places across the country
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