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AE Abdul El-Sayed Abdul El-Sayed Abdul El-Sayed was director of Wayne County's Department of Health, Human and Veteran Services in Michigan from 2023 to 2025.

“In the end, politics is about a competition of ideas. I think you lose that competition if you're not willing to take your ideas and present them to a broader public, and I think it's important for voters to have an alternative to somebody who's corporate bought.”

The Bulwark · Policy · August 2026

“In the end, politics is about a competition of ideas. I think you lose that competition if you're not willing to take your ideas and present them to a broader public, and I think it's important for voters to have an alternative to somebody who's corporate bought.” — Abdul El-Sayed, The Bulwark

Context

From an interview with Abdul El-Sayed on August 1, 2026, published in Jonathan Cohn's Bulwark newsletter ahead of Michigan's Democratic Senate primary. Cohn asked whether he would take his case to other states and districts, including those held by fellow Democrats.

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