Abdul El-Sayed, Mike Rogers make final pitch to Michigan voters
Summary
Michigan’s close Senate race between Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers could affect which party controls the U.S. Senate after the midterm elections. El-Sayed is campaigning on expanded health coverage, taxes on billionaire wealth and stronger oversight of artificial intelligence, while Rogers emphasizes local issues including literacy.Key Facts
- El-Sayed, 42, is the son of Egyptian immigrants and has a medical degree from Columbia University.
- El-Sayed narrowly won Michigan’s Democratic primary against a more centrist rival.
- El-Sayed supports a Medicare for All plan that he says would preserve private insurance options and be partly funded by a tax on billionaire wealth.
- El-Sayed has called for a Cabinet-level agency to regulate artificial intelligence and a pause on some advanced AI research.
- Rogers, 63, is a former Army officer, FBI agent and congressman who left the House in 2015.
- Rogers says literacy is a priority and has linked poor reading skills to young people’s ability to pass military recruitment tests.
- Rogers has campaigned in predominantly Black neighborhoods, seeking to persuade voters that El-Sayed takes their support for granted.
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