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Abdul El-Sayed
2026 Michigan U.S. Senate Dem primary candidate
Abdul El-Sayed is a physician and epidemiologist who served as executive director of the Detroit Health Department from 2015 to 2017 and as director of Wayne County's health department from 2023 to 2025. A Rhodes Scholar and former progressive candidate for governor of Michigan in 2018, he announced his U.S. Senate campaign in April 2025, running on a progressive platform. After Mallory McMorrow's exit in July 2026, El-Sayed is one of the two leading Democrats, alongside Haley Stevens, in the August 4, 2026 primary. [Abdul El-Sayed - Ballotpedia ↗]
FEC receipts · 2026 cycle
$12,222,407 raised
Where the $12,222,407 raised came from · FEC · 2026 cycle
Top connections · 17 total
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez · received—
- Bernie Sanders · received—
- Chris Van Hollen · received—
- Pramila Jayapal · received—
- Fighting for Michigan · received$1.3M
- American Priorities · received—
- National Nurses United · received—
- United Auto Workers · received—
- United Democracy Project · spent against$5.7M
- National Nurses United for Patient Protection · received$490K
- Common Defense Action Fund · received$290K
- A New Policy PAC · received$17K
Connections · explore all 17
Every sourced counterparty, one row each (edges to the same party are merged and show the largest documented amount). Search, filter by type or direction, and sort. Money figures are FEC-sourced where marked.
- United Democracy Projectspent against · PAC · 3 edges · sourced · FEC receipts ↗$5.7M
- Fighting for Michiganreceived · org · single-source · source ↗$1.3M
- National Nurses United for Patient Protectionreceived · PAC · sourced · FEC receipts ↗$490K
- Common Defense Action Fundreceived · PAC · sourced · FEC receipts ↗$290K
- A New Policy PACreceived · PAC · sourced · FEC receipts ↗$17K
- No Dem Left Behind PACreceived · PAC · sourced · FEC receipts ↗$10K
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- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezreceived · person · sourced · source ↗—
- American Prioritiesreceived · org · sourced · source ↗—
- Bernie Sandersreceived · person · sourced · source ↗—
- Chris Van Hollenreceived · person · sourced · source ↗—
- National Nurses Unitedreceived · org · sourced · source ↗—
- Pramila Jayapalreceived · person · sourced · source ↗—
- Rashida Tlaibreceived · person · sourced · source ↗—
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- United Auto Workersreceived · org · sourced · source ↗—
- Working Families Partyreceived · org · sourced · source ↗—
Spent against them · $5,709,130
Outside money spent to defeat them (opposition independent expenditures). Not their own funding.
- —UNITED DEMOCRACY PROJECT (UDP) independent expenditures opposing Abdul El-Sayed (FEC 2026) United Democracy Project$5,709,130
- —UDP independent expenditures opposing (2026 MI Senate primary) United Democracy Project
UDP launched its first attack ad against El-Sayed with a >$2M buy (July 2026) ahead of the Aug 4 Michigan Senate Democratic primary.
$2,000,000 - —UDP independent expenditures opposing (2026 primary; ~$5.65M per FEC) United Democracy Project
- —AIPAC opposes El-Sayed and backs Haley Stevens, spending against him via its United Democracy Project super PAC AIPAC PAC
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