With just 13 days until Election Day, Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed are facing off in the final debate in the race for the U.S. Senate.
Watch the debate live from WXYZ.
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Socialism, social security, Trump spotlight El-Sayed, Rogers debate
– Mike Rogers, Abdul El-Sayed offer competing visions for US Senate in second and final general election debate
– Both sought to make the case that their opponent was untrustworthy and was obscuring unsavory parts of their record
– The candidates were asked about trade, social security, healthcare, immigration and more
âMy Name Is Abdulâ: El-Sayed Confronts Trumpâs Racist, Anti-Muslim Attacks Head-On in New Ad
In his latest campaign ad released late Monday, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic US Senate candidate in Michigan, struck a resilient and matter-of-fact tone that suggested the recent racist attacks on him, his Arabic name, and his Muslim faith are no secretâbut he has no plans to try to hide his identity to appease Republicans and Democrats who have claimed heâs an âextremistâ or accused him of terrorist ties.
AI Under Control
Bring the World Along
âą International Public Cooperation and Governance Boards: We should negotiate a US-China treaty to pause and ban superintelligence, modeled on the Cold War deal in which Reagan and Gorbachev eliminated a class of nuclear missiles through inspections. A verification board would count chips and data centers, a scientific panel would share threat assessments, and a 24-hour hotline would flag incidents. Access to American chips and cloud services should be conditioned on signing and complying, and we should tighten chip export controls now.
âą No AI in Nuclear Command and Control: Humans, and only humans, should decide whether to use nuclear weapons. That is already US policy: Biden and Xi agreed to it in 2024. We must make it permanent, cover early warning and decision support, keep frontier AI out of the chain, and get every nuclear nation to sign on.
Safeguards Everyone Can Count On
âą Independent Audits: Outside experts test frontier AI before release. Even leading AI companies now accept this.
âą Protect Whistleblowers: Insiders who sound the alarm should get legal protection, back pay, and rewards.
âą Hands Off State Laws: No weak federal law should block states from protecting their people more strongly.
âą Be Ready: We need a national AI emergency plan, with regular drills across government.
âą Get AI Money Out of the Fight: Full disclosure of AI-industry political spending, including through super PACs and other dark money entities.
NEW: As Big Tech Billionaires Let AI Wreak Havoc, Abdul El-Sayed Releases Plan To Get AI Under Control
Plan Builds On Sanders-Casar Bill To Ban AI Superintelligence And Impose Severe Criminal Penalties For AI Abuse
New Proposals Address Growing Concerns In Wake Of AI Whistleblowers, Follows Release Of Abdulâs AI Under Democracy Proposal
In Stark Contrast, Mike Rogers Has Up To $2.6 Million In Investments In Tech Companies That Stand To Benefit From AI Boom, Calls Concerns About AI âFearmongeringâ
Republicans put spotlight on Abdul El-Sayed. He welcomes the fight
The exchanges captured two sides of a candidate who is the central figure in one of the nationâs most consequential Senate races. El-Sayed would be the countryâs first Muslim senator, and heâs crisscrossing the state to counter a Republican effort, fueled by tens of millions of dollars, to portray him as a dangerous radical. But he has also embraced his confrontational side by mocking and taunting Trump and Rogers.
âIf they want to make me the main character in the midterms, Iâm not shying away from it,â El-Sayed said in an interview. âRun against me. See how well that works out for you.â
âI Can Call Him Whatever the Hell I Wantâ: Trump Misnames Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed
During a rally in Tennessee on Saturday, President Trump repeatedly misnamed Michiganâs Democratic Senate candidate Abdul ElâSayed as âMohammed,â calling him a âjihadist.â
President Donald Trump: âLike Mohammed El-Sayed â I call him Mohammed. Somebody said, ‚His name isn‘t Mohammed; itâs Abdul.â I said, ‚To me, it‘s Mohammed.â Iâm the president. I can call him whatever the hell I want. To me, heâs Mohammed, and heâs a radical jihadist.â
âHeâs Desperateâ: AIPAC Begins Spending Against Abdul El-Sayed to Boost Mike Rogers
A campaign finance report filed on Friday revealed that the American Israel Public Affairs Committeeâs super PAC, the United Democracy Project, has resumed spending on Michiganâs US Senate race, dropping $95,000 on mailers opposing Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed in a bid to help Republican Mike Rogers weeks ahead of the key midterm contest.
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) report came a day after Rogers and El-Sayed clashed on the debate stage over healthcare, drug prices, military assistance to Israel, and other issues. Asked during the debate whether he would accept AIPACâs support in the race, Rogers said, âAnybody that wants to help my campaign stop [El-Sayed]… Iâll take all of that help.â
Abdul for U.S. Senate
Abdul El-Sayed wasnât supposed to be a politician. He studied to be a doctor, but realized it was our broken politics that was making people sick. Abdul has dedicated his career to building government agencies that actually work for Michiganders. He is running for the U.S. Senate because he believes life in America shouldnât be this hard, and as your Senator, Abdul will fight to build a government that works for you, not Elon Musk, Donald Trump, or their billionaire friends.
GOP in Striking Distance of Flipping 7 States Despite Trumpâs Low Approval
(October 2, 2026)
Four Senate races and three gubernatorial races present flip opportunities for Republicans in this year‘s midterms. Those include the Senate races in Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, and New Hampshire, as well as the governorâs races in Kansas, Oregon and Wisconsin.
12 key races that will determine who controls the Senate
(September 9, 2026)
Washington â The key contests that will determine who wins control of the Senate are now set for the fall midterm elections, as the 2026 primary season wraps up.
El-Sayed on Islamophobia: „That‘s the only play they got. They‘re gonna point at me, they‘re gonna point at my name, like, ‚Wow, he‘s different.‘ That‘s the best you got?
You can‘t actually talk about what you want to do?
El-Sayed Challenges âCorporate Selloutâ and âCowardâ Mike Rogers to Five Debates
Ripping Rogers as a âcorporate sellout,â El-Sayed said that he is âa guy who spent 14 years in Congress with one goal: to figure out how to cash out the day he left. And guess what he did: As soon as he left Congress, after having taken corporate check after corporate check after corporate check, to empower the corporations to pick your pockets, he went and he cashed out.â
âNot in Michiganâno, winters are too cold for him,â he added, eliciting chuckles from the crowd. âHeâs got thin skin, after all. He went to Florida. So, Mike, if you wanna be a Florida man, go be a Florida man.â
Rogersâ who was unopposed in Tuesdayâs GOP primary, worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation before entering politics, first at the state level and then representing Michiganâs 8th District in Congress from 2001-15. In comments to Fox News late Tuesday, the Republican cited his time fighting âterrorismâ in the FBI and falsely claimed that El-Sayed believes âAmerica deserved 9/11.â
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Wins Democratic Primary, Defeats Record $70M Spending
MICHIGAN â On Tuesday, August 4th, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for Michiganâs United States Senate seat, prevailing in the most expensive Senate primary in American history. The race drew record breaking outside spending from AIPAC and corporate special interests, totaling nearly $70 million, Abdul having been outspent 11:1.
An average of $95 was spent for every vote against Abdul, more than 10 times as much as Abdulâs $9 per vote average.
Republicans get the Democrat they wanted as socialist Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary
Big money, the Democratic old guard and attacks on El-Sayedâs Democratic Socialist leanings dominated the primary, and leave the last man standing on the Left bruised and battered heading into the showdown with Rogers.
The states where higher gas prices could shape the midterms
Gasoline prices are up in every state since the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran at the end of February, according to AAAâs average fuel prices. Those with particularly competitive races like Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin and Michigan have seen price jumps of at least $1 per gallon.
Detroit Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib gets easily reelected
Tlaib, an attorney and former state lawmaker, has sharply criticized the Biden administration‘s support of and arming of Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza following the Hamas Oct. 7, 2023 attack. She is among the few Democratic members of Congress who have not endorsed the party‘s presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.
US elections 2024: After not endorsing Harris, Rashida Tlaib secures win in Michigan
The Associated Press called the race with just 18 percent of the votes counted.
Tlaib secured 77 percent of the vote, defeating the Republican Party‘s James Hooper who received just 19 percent of the vote.
Harris sees troubling signs in latest New York Times/Siena poll
With just more than a week to go before Election Day, the contest continues to hinge on the states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina.
Polling between the two candidates in all seven states remains incredibly tight, suggesting the race could be one of the closest in American history.
Harris Vows to Create Bipartisan Advisory Council as DNC Runs Ad Attacking Jill Stein
In other campaign news, the Democratic National Committee has released an ad attacking Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein, claiming a vote for Stein is a vote for Trump. Democrats are planning to run the ad in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. In August, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, published a survey that showed Stein is leading Harris among Muslim voters in Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin. Stein has criticized Harris for refusing to cut off arms sales to Israel.
Rally in Flint, MI for VP Kamala Harris | Harris-Walz 2024
As president, Kamala Harris will fight for every Americanâno matter how they vote. Donât miss her rally in Flint, Michigan where she will outline her plans to stand up for our nationâs values and protect our rights. Watch now.
How Jill Stein‘s Muslim Surge Could Sink Kamala Harris
(September 21, 2024)
Recent polls show Stein ahead of Harris among Muslim voters in several battleground states, including Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin, giving her Green Party a potentially pivotal role in swinging the election away from Harris in favor of former President Donald Trump.
„We‘re grateful for the strong support of Muslim voters who share with us the determination to end genocide in Gaza, and the injustice faced by our Muslim friends,“ Stein told Newsweek in a statement. „We urge all people of conscience to resist the propaganda telling you to hold your nose and vote for genocide.
Gretchen Whitmer and Kathy Hochul- two low IQ lunatics who instituted the most authoritarian, vicious Covid policies in the nation, have been re-elected as governors Apparently a majority of residents in those states enjoyed school shutdowns, vaxx mandates, masks Truly insane
Whitmer defeats Trump-backed challenger in Michigan governorâs race
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is projected to win reelection, defeating Republican nominee Tudor Dixon in a high-stakes gubernatorial race.
BestÀtigung des Wahlgremiums: Bidens Sieg in Michigan ist offiziell
Joe Biden hat im US-Staat Michigan 16 Wahlleute gewonnen – mit einem Vorsprung von rund 150.000 Stimmen vor Noch-PrĂ€sident Trump. Dessen AnwĂ€lte kĂŒndigten bereits an, weiter gegen das Ergebnis vorzugehen.
Experts say next step of certifying Michigan votes is âsimpleâ process
Michigan Board of State Canvassers to certify results of 2020 election Monday
The Sleight of Hand Election of 2020
Iâm no magician but I know a couple of great ones, including my broker, who is famous in both professions (welcome to LA), but I doubt even my friend Stan can pull off the sort of trick I saw taking place at, oh, 2:00 in the morning of November 4th as I was watching the live feeds from Michigan and Pennsylvania roll in.
Iâm pretty good at counting votes before and after an election. Did it for Presidents and Prime Ministers, Senators and Governors as a pollster and strategist, so watching returns, doing the splits, figuring out the precincts that come in favorably for your guy or girl versus the ones that donât, all come second nature to me. Mostly because Iâve been doing it for forty years, and when Iâm not counting votes, Iâm counting cards ( thatâs another article). So when you see â in the middle of the night â a âdumpâ of votes of about 28,000 come in for one candidate, Joe Biden, and NOT one single offsetting vote for Trump, then it raises more than just my eyebrow.
Crush of mail-in ballots slows count in 4 key states #CNNElection
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