Abdul El-Sayed

Democrat · Candidate for Michigan U.S. Senate · November 3, 2026

Where they stand

Moderately left, from who donates to them (DIME campaign-finance score, Stanford). From who donated to their 2018 campaign for governor.

AI read of their current public record: strongly left.

AI-estimated from their own website and Wikipedia article, only where they state a position.

Independent groups reported $27M supporting and $126M opposing Abdul El-Sayed.

For
Winsenate · Democratic Senate leadership super PAC	$9.7M
AB PAC · Progressive advocacy	$2.6M
Lower Costs Now · Unknown (no stated mission)	$2.3M
Cffe PAC · Progressive advocacy	$1.7M
Blackpac · Black community advocacy	$1.5M
Fighting for Michigan PAC · Single-candidate super PAC (supports Abdul El-Sayed)	$1.1M
Against
SLF PAC · Republican Senate leadership super PAC	$41M
No Going Back PAC Inc. · Trump-aligned super PAC	$26M
United Democracy Project ('UDP') · Pro-Israel advocacy	$21M
Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. (AFP Action) DBA CVA Action and DBA Libre Action · Libertarian / free-market	$11M
Glcf, Inc. · Unknown (no stated mission)	$9.1M
America PAC · Conservative advocacy	$5.2M

U.S. senators: Ed Markey, Bernie Sanders (Independent), Tina Smith, Chris Van Hollen, Elizabeth Warren, Al Franken and 6 more
U.S. representatives: David Bonior, Jamaal Bowman, Greg Casar, Maxwell Frost, Adelita Grijalva, Pramila Jayapal and 15 more
Statewide officials: Keith Ellison, Peggy Flanagan, Fadwa Hammoud, Dana Nessel, Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer
State legislators: Darrin Camilleri, Mary Cavanagh, Stephanie Chang, Jeff Irwin, 16 state representatives, Mallory McMorrow
Local officials: Warren Evans, Alex Garza, Abdullah Hammoud, George Heartwell, Brad Lander, Sheldon Neeley and 5 more
Individuals: Basim Elkarra, Jon Favreau, Adam Hamawy, Hill Harper, William Lawrence, Jon Lovett and 9 more
Labor unions: American Association of University Professors, American Federation of Government Employees Locals 704 and 2092, American Federation of Teachers Michigan, Association of Flight Attendants, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 26, National Nurses United and 9 more
Organizations: 314 Action, American Priorities, Clean Water Action, CAIR Action, End Citizens United, Gen-Z for Change and 30 more
Political parties: Working Families Party
Newspapers: The Michigan Daily, Detroit Metro Times, Detroit Free Press
Executive branch officials: Pete Buttigieg, Kamala Harris, Samuel Heins, Samuel Kaplan, Barack Obama

See every race and measure on your ballot in Michigan, from your address. Your address stays in your browser.Look up my ballot