Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed Urges Paying Black Communities' 'Unpaid Debts' in 1 Key Senate Race
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 14
Michigan's Abdul El-Sayed Urges Paying Black Communities' 'Unpaid Debts' in 1 Key Senate Race
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 14
Summary
Detroit remarks by Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed put racial equity at the center of Michigan’s closely watched 1-seat contest, saying Black communities are owed “unpaid debts” that leaders must acknowledge and address.
Asked how he would energize Democrats who did not back him in the primary, El-Sayed said he would keep showing up, engage voters directly and point to his record on issues he says affect Black communities.
That record, he said, includes work on infant and maternal mortality, asthma and lead exposure, alongside calls to expand capital for small businesses and invest more in housing and schools.
El-Sayed, a former Wayne County health director who lost the 2018 governor’s race, faces Republican former Rep. Mike Rogers in one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate battles.