Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed Discusses Midterm Win and Agenda

Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, is the U.S. senator-elect from Michigan following the midterm elections. A senator-elect is a person who has won a Senate race but has not yet been sworn in to begin serving.

The Senate is one of the two chambers of Congress, the national lawmaking body in Washington. The other chamber is the House of Representatives. Midterm elections take place in the middle of a president's term.

NPR's Leila Fadel spoke with El-Sayed about his midterm win and his agenda for his first term in office. The conversation was published on November 12, 2026, as part of NPR's Morning Edition program, the network's morning news broadcast.

The interview also covered the ambitions of Democrats, according to the title NPR gave the segment. Readers can find the full conversation on NPR's website.