Abdul El-Sayed Closes Out 2025 with Statewide Momentum

MICHIGAN – Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign for U.S. Senate wraps up 2025 with strong statewide, people-powered momentum. Abdul spent the pre-election year meeting Michiganders where they are: standing with striking nurses and autoworkers on the picket line, organizing young people on college campuses, rallying for healthcare, and visiting communities across the state that often get left behind.

“This is a movement of Michiganders, by Michiganders, and for Michiganders,” said Abdul. “The momentum we’ve built is a testament to the uniting vision we’re taking across the state. It just shouldn’t be this hard– and if we build together around a vision to empower working people against the corporations that too often dominate their lives–it doesn’t have to be.”

In just eight months, the El-Sayed campaign has:

  • Visited 70 cities and towns in 30 counties at nearly 200 public events. Abdul has spent time in community centers, senior homes, public libraries, ice cream parlors, and more, everywhere from Three Rivers to the heart of Detroit. Abdul is the only candidate in the race who has visited the Upper Peninsula not once, but twice, pulling in packed rooms in Marquette and Houghton.
  • Built a broad coalition, earning 77 endorsements, including support from four members of Congress, eight state legislators, five mayors, three key Michigan Democratic Party caucuses, and more than three dozen local officials.
  • Built a huge grassroots operation with more than 1,500 volunteer sign-ups. Nearly a year out from the primary, Abdul and Sen. Bernie Sanders drew an over 2,000-person crowd in Kalamazoo. Even at events in rural towns like Escanaba and Clare, Abdul consistently gathered rooms of 100+ attendees energized by his message.
  • Energized young voters early, holding student meet and greets on 10 college campuses, from Abdul’s alma mater, the University of Michigan, to Northern Michigan University, building a robust student fellowship program along the way.
  • Broke through with unique in-house video content. The campaign’s digital operation garnered massive attention with viral moments, including a 12-patty burger challenge modeling billionaire greed, and a trip to Canada to highlight the absurdity of the U.S.’s $225 billion in medical debt.

A physician and two-time public health official, Abdul has stepped up to meet the moment on healthcare as the only candidate in the race calling for Medicare for All. Across the state, Abdul held “Open Our Healthcare” town halls, bringing together panels of nurses, providers, and patients to discuss the healthcare system and where we must go from here, as Republicans continue to block efforts to extend ACA and bring down skyrocketing costs.

Abdul is the only candidate in the race who has never taken a dime of corporate money, and through an unmatched ground game and grassroots support, raised $3.6 million within the first six months of the campaign.

“This campaign shows up everywhere, meeting Michiganders where they are in the places too many establishment politicians forget,” said Max Glass, Senior Advisor. “Abdul is laser focused on the issues that matter most to working people, whether that’s taking on the special interests driving up our costs or fighting for guaranteed healthcare. Michiganders are craving representatives that actually show up, listen, and fight for them. Abdul has established a clear lane in this race: the people’s candidate.”

With a statewide foundation of support in place, the El-Sayed campaign enters 2026 focused on continuing to fight for Michiganders, focused on Money out of Politics, Money in Your Pockets, and Medicare for All.

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