The most diverse, anti-establishment Congress in history is cause for optimism
After years of outrage or numbness being the main options for dealing with politics, Tuesday’s results were permission to be optimisticThis was originally published in the Stakes 2026, a newsletter about the midterm elections. Sign up to get it in your…
Oxford, Bethnal Green and the Guardian: surprising British backstory of senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed
In a Guardian article in 2010, the Oxford Rhodes scholar said UK democracy had the ‘upper hand’ over the USUS politics live – latest updatesIn the tense final hours before his dramatic election as senator for Michigan in this week’s midterms, Abdul…
‘Shawarma law’: Abdul El-Sayed never shied away from Islamophobic provocations
The successful Democratic contender for a Michigan Senate seat parried the many insinuations lobbed by RepublicansAbdul El-Sayed said he did not expect to be “a main character of this midterms”, but the first Muslim elected to the US Senate in history…
The Blue Tsunami Swept Doctors and Scientists Into Office
More than 80 percent of congressional candidates backed by the pro-science PAC 314 Action won, including Michigan senator-elect and epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed.
Abdul El-Sayed’s victory has laid bare a truth about America’s view on Israel | Peter Beinart
In Michigan, support for Israel was a kind of political hologram. But the media often made it seem realAmong the things that Abdul El-Sayed’s victory last night in the Michigan Senate race revealed is this: the debate over US policy toward Israel does…
Progressives hail ‘blue wave’ victories in US midterm elections as top Democrats push for unity
Senior leaders say party will be ‘united’ in focus, but progressives call on party to take radical actionProgressive Democrats have declared that significant US midterm election wins across the country are as much a repudiation of their own party’s…
Not just Congress: Democrats’ blue wave washes over state legislatures across US
Democrats gain hundreds of seats in historic victories – and party set to embark on aggressive legislative spree The blue wave that swept Republicans out of power across the United States didn’t just strike Congress. In Tuesday’s midterm elections,…
‘We want our taxes spent here’: 11 Democrats weigh in after sweeping the US midterm elections
Democratic leaders and seat-flipping victors from Tuesday’s ‘blue tsunami’ offer post-election commentsThe broad repudiation of Donald Trump, his policies and the Republican party, focused on Trump’s personal unpopularity, high costs of living and the…
Left-wing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate race
El-Sayed bested Republican Mike Rogers to become the first Muslim senator in US history.
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan to become first Muslim senator in US history
El-Sayed bested Republican Mike Rogers to become the first Muslim senator in US history.