El-Sayed Campaign Raises Over $4.5 Million in Q2

MICHIGAN – Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign for U.S. Senate is finishing out Q2 strong with a record over $4.5 million raised – the biggest quarterly haul of the campaign since launching last April. As the only candidate in the race not accepting corporate donations, grassroots donors have flocked to Abdul’s campaign, repeatedly placing him in the top five for weekly campaign donations on ActBlue. 

In Q2 alone, the El-Sayed campaign: 

  • Hosted 131 events across the state of Michigan. Abdul has stumped in churches, senior homes, and community centers all across Michigan. His “We Can Do Better” Tour brought him to neighborhoods that flipped for Trump in 2024, where he held roundtable discussions on what issues impacted voters’ lives the most. Over the past 16 months, Abdul has now held 459 events in 104 different towns and cities across Michigan, from the UP to Detroit. 
  • Racked up 81 endorsements, most notably from the UAW, National Nurses United, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), the state and national branches of Indivisible, and Jewish Voice for Peace (their first ever U.S. Senate endorsement), as well as the campaign’s first newspaper endorsement from The Michigan Daily. Overall, Abdul has gained the endorsements of over 200 elected officials, community leaders, unions, and advocacy groups.
  • Expanded a huge grassroots operation with more than 4,388 volunteer sign-ups. With the primary quickly approaching, more supporters have been canvassing, door-knocking, phone and text-banking than ever before. 
  • Participated in the first major Senate debate of the cycle. Abdul’s performance in the Mackinac Policy Conference debate made a clear contrast to voters, differentiating Abdul as the only candidate rejecting corporate PAC money, supporting Medicare for All, and calling for the abolition of ICE.
  • Captured voters’ attention with unique digital content. The campaign’s digital operation continued to push out viral content rich with both creativity and policy, including a Wes Anderson-style recap of Abdul’s rally with Bernie Sanders in Detroit and a waterskiing video centered around the affordability crisis. The campaign gained over 220,000 followers across platforms and raised over $20,000 through organic posts.

Abdul’s commitment to Michiganders’ needs has cemented the campaign’s front-runner status, both in the primary and the general. As lines have been clearly drawn in the sand, it is clear that voters want to build power that belongs to them – not corporations, oligarchs, billionaires or Beltway consultants. As the primary election approaches, it is clear that there is heavy grassroots momentum to carry Abdul to victory in August and November.

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