Bbc News
@bbcnews·20.1M subscribers·32.9K videos
How progressive Abdul El-Sayed won in Michigan - and why it could shake-up US politics | BBC News
Posted
August 6, 2026
Views
214,787
Likes
2,044
Comments
424
Engagement
August 6, 2026
214,787
2,044
424
1.15%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
7:41Now PlayingLeft-wing political outsider Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan's Democratic Senate primary.
The former public health official said "In the words of Mohammad Ali, 'We shook up the world'."
He will face Republican and Trump ally Mike Rogers, in November's midterm elections. If elected, El-Sayed would become the first Muslim to serve in the US senate.
But what do we know about him, and what does his victory mean for the Democrats?
In this video:
Subscribe to our channel here
For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news
#BBCNews
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
