Democratic · U.S. Senate, Michigan
General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026
A native of Michigan, El-Sayed attended the University of Michigan, where he played on the lacrosse team.
Also running: Lydia Christensen (L) · Walter P. Kristy (N) · Tim Long (U) · Douglas P. Marsh (G) · Mike Rogers (R)
Public Health
Public health is critical to keeping us healthy and safe in our communities. If elected, I would be the first Democratic doctor elected to the U.S. Senate since 1969 and the first-ever public health official to serve in that body. Given all that RFK Jr.
HEALTH CARE: What specific steps will you take in Congress to address healthcare affordability, access, and quality for the people you represent?
As a doctor and public health official, one of the first pieces of legislation I will sponsor in the US Senate would be a bill to enact Medicare for All and eliminate medical debt nationwide. I spent my career fighting to fix our healthcare system and even wrote the book "Medicare for All: A Citizen’s Guide" to help everyday people understand how we can achieve a system that works for everyone. Beyond introducing legislation, I will use this office as a platform to change the conversation about healthcare in America and continue to galvanize a movement to elect leaders across the country who support Medicare for All.
ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY: How would you approach ensuring energy reliability, consumer affordability, and environmental protection in Michigan?
In Michigan, families are squeezed by soaring energy bills while utilities make record profits and polluters get a free pass. I’ve spent my career fighting for public health and economic justice, and I’m ready to take on the corporate interests blocking progress. My plan: make big data centers and heavy industry pay their fair share, so costs don’t fall on working people. I’ll end fossil fuel subsidies, invest in a modern grid powered by 100% clean energy, and guarantee affordable water for all. We must hold polluters accountable, protect our Great Lakes, and ensure the clean energy transition delivers good union jobs in every community.
I believe in Medicare for All like I believe in public schools. There for you no matter what.
I think, as everybody knows by now, money out of politics, money in your pocket and Medicare for All
I believe that we do need to defund the police insofar as defunding the police is disinvesting in the means of incarcerating someone or killing them on the streets, and investing more in the means of educating and empowering, engaging communities.
If we want really good law enforcement, we have to increase the amount of funds that we put into things like recruitment and retention and retirement
Too often the conversation we have is fund or defund. The question that we don't ask is, 'What kind of system do we really want?' I want us to be investing in the kinds of interventions that actually protect people, whether you're talking about people on the streets or people in law enforcement. That means investing in recruitment and retirement for law enforcement.
I believe that we don't need ICE
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