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Abdul El-Sayed makes history as first Muslim elected to US Senate

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan's Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers, becoming the first Muslim elected to the US Senate. The 42-year-old physician, who represents the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, secured a seat that Republicans had hoped to flip.

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00:08Michigan, we did it!
00:14You might have noticed I always say inshallah or God willing whenever the outcome of this race was mentioned.
00:22But today, tonight, we can turn that inshallah into a alhamdulillah.
00:41My name is Abdurrahman Mohamed Sayyid, and I am so proud and honored to stand here
00:56as your senator-elect from the great state of Michigan.
01:02You took a chance on the unlikeliest of candidates, so thank you.
01:10This is all yours.
01:17Michigan, I cannot wait to serve you with the same big-heartedness, open-mindedness, grit, and earnestness that you've shown
01:24me.
01:25We showed that in a battle between the money and the many, that the many really can win.
01:34And so to all the kids who watched this last month, to all the parents who struggled to explain why
01:40the president openly mocked someone for their name or how they pray,
01:43let them know tomorrow that the bad guys lost.
01:48So let's get a quick look at the test.
01:51And so let's get started here once again.
01:51You

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