Abdul El-Sayed, the Michigan Democratic Senate nominee, is scrambling this weekend to try to win over skeptical Jewish Democrats — meeting individually and with groups of Jewish party leaders and apologizing for controversial past remarks as he tries to unite a fractured party before November.

Democratic Senate candidate and Jewish campaigner seek to move beyond latest remarks about US Jews made by left-wing streamer accused of antisemitism

El-Sayed, who would be the first Muslim senator, has denounced antisemitism while fiercely criticizing Israel for its military operations in Gaza.