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Abdul views predatory healthcare debt as a massive burden on families. As a public servant, he pioneered a monumental program that will wipe out up to $700 million in medical debt for 300,000 Michiganders, and he will fight for similar debt forgiveness at the federal level.

From leading public health efforts in Michigan to addressing national systemic health inequities, his work has always been grounded in the belief that everyone deserves dignity, care, and opportunity.

In DC, he also plans to fight the gun lobby and hold the gun industry to the same standards of accountability as any other consumer product industry—even pushing for a 10% tax on guns and ammunition to fund violence prevention, mental health care, and gun violence prevention research.

Bernie Sanders endorsed. Progressive change candidate.

Born and raised in Southeast Michigan, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed rebuilt Detroit’s Health Department after bankruptcy, then led Wayne County’s Health, Human & Veterans Services Department, serving 1.8 million residents. In those roles, he secured free glasses for kids, removed lead from schools, expanded access to Narcan, took on corporate polluters, and launched a program to cancel up to $700 million in medical debt. A union member and University of Michigan alum, Abdul is running to build a government that works for regular Michiganders — not billionaires and corporations. He’s been endorsed by U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, Congressman Ro Khanna, and dozens of state and local elected officials.

Victory in the Great Lakes State, where LGBTQ+ adults make up nearly 11% of the population, is key to regaining pro-equality majorities in Congress.

Abdul El-Sayed is a verified progressive fighter (who actually wrote the book on Medicare For All) and his opponent has 50M behind her in corporate PAC money. Let's vote, Michigan!

Epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed stumbled into politics after seeing firsthand how badly it damages healthcare in this country. He has consistently called for a ceasefire and peace for the Palestinian people, and “believes that our budget should reflect our values. He is an outspoken critic of outsized defense spending, and believes that we should spend less on building weapons of war, and instead invest taxpayer dollars in health care, education, and infrastructure here at home.”

AAPAC renewed its endorsement of Abdul El-Sayed in the U.S. Senate race against Republican Mike Rogers, who is supported by Donald Trump and various pro-Israel lobbying groups. El-Sayed, 42, is of Egyptian descent and previously headed the health departments of Wayne County and Detroit. He also received AAPAC’s endorsement when he ran for Michigan governor in 2018, finishing second in the Democratic primary behind Whitmer.

The Assyrian Democrats of the Bay Area call upon the Assyrian/Chaldean community in Michigan to make your voices heard in the August 4th midterm primary by voting for Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for US Senate. We urge you to bring 5 friends or family members to the polls with you to vote for Dr. El-Sayed. Abdul is the only anti-corruption candidate in this race with a track record of results as Wayne County director of Health, Human, and Veterans Services. From eliminating $700 million dollars in medical debt to launching the first initiative to give low-income kids free eye exams and glasses, Dr. El-Sayed’s vision of putting money back in the pockets of Michiganders is not only a dream, but a reality.