Progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed is now expected to be the Democratic nominee in November’s senate election

El-Sayed, an epidemiologist, backs Medicare for all and decries corporate money in politics. He beat Rep. Haley Stevens, whose supporters said she would have had a better chance…

Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, was backed by prominent progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.

Abdul El-Sayed will be Michigan’s Democratic nominee for senator this November.