Abdul El-Sayed's victory in the wing state of Michigan comes as the Democratic party struggles to define itself in the Trump era.

Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won against Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), despite recent polling leading up to the race showing El-Sayed easily cruising to victory by double digits.

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 will be Michigan’s Democratic nominee for senator this November.