US midterms: Michigan Senate candidate El-Sayed becomes Democrats' rising star
In the US midterm elections, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers are testing two sharply different strategies to win over voters in one of the nation's premier swing states on Tuesday, November 3, in a closely watched race that could determine control of the Senate. Progressive candidate El-Sayed has so…
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