El-Sayed narrowly beat Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday.

El-Sayed narrowly beat Rep. Haley Stevens, D-Mich., in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday.

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.