Abdul El-Sayed

Abdul El-Sayed is one of three climate champions running in the Democratic primary for the toss up Senate seat in Michigan.

ON THE ISSUES

• Will work to hold polluters accountable
• Committed to protecting Michigan’s air and water

WHY THIS RACE MATTERS

• Toss up Senate race in Michigan
• Climate champions Haley Stevens and Mallory McMorrow are also running in the Democratic primary
• Holding this open seat will help take back a pro-environment, pro-democracy majority in the Senate so we can make further federal climate progress

CANDIDATE BACKGROUND

Abdul El-Sayed is running to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate. During his career, he has fought to protect Michigan communities and rebuild a government agency to make it more effective.  He rebuilt Detroit’s Health Department after bankruptcy. Then he restructured Wayne County’s Department of Health, Human & Veterans Services, serving 1.8 million Michiganders in the state’s largest and most diverse county. As a public servant, Abdul secured free glasses for kids who needed them, removed lead from Detroit’s elementary schools, took on Michigan’s biggest polluters, and made life-saving Narcan universally accessible. He also spearheaded a program that will cancel up to $700 million in medical debt for 300,000 Michiganders over 2 years. His work earned him recognition as “Public Official of the Year” by the Michigan LCV and a spot on Crain’s Detroit Business 40 Under 40 list. In 2020, he was selected to serve on President Biden’s Unity Task Force for Healthcare, helping craft policies that are lowering prescription drug prices today.

If elected to the Senate, he is committed to holding polluters accountable for contaminating Michigan’s land and polluting our air and water – and to empower federal agencies to protect communities from it in the first place.