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Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right.

By: Michelle Goldberg — 5 August 2026 at 17:59

Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.

El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate Primary Win Sets Up the Left’s Biggest Test of the Fall

By: Lisa Lerer — 5 August 2026 at 17:08

Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate candidacy poses a critical challenge for Democrats’ ascendant progressive wing: Can an insurgent candidate, with unabashedly liberal positions, win a general election in a moderate state?

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed greeting the audience at his election watch party in Detroit.