Abdul El-Sayed
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About
Doctor and politician who became the Democratic nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan. He served as director of the Wayne County Department of Health, Human and Veterans Services. He has written multiple books and peer-reviewed publications on public health, politics, and policy.
Before fame
He graduated from the University of Michigan. He was a Rhodes Scholar at Oriel College, Oxford.
Trivia
He was executive director of the Detroit Health Department. In August 2026, he apologized to Michigan's Jewish Democratic Caucus for comments he made after a March attack on a synagogue in a Detroit suburb. He was accused of antisemitism.
Family life
In 2006, he married Sarah Jukaku. His parents are Egyptian immigrants to the United States.
Associated with
He agreed with Donald Trump's suggestion that the two men represent "very different" versions of the United States.
