Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive former public health official, who won the Michigan Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate, made history Tuesday (April 4) by becoming the the first Muslim to win a Senate primary. If El-Sayed, whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Egypt, succeeds over his Republican challenger, former Congressman Mike Rogers, in November, he will become the first Muslim to serve in the Senate.
Here are five takeaways about El-Sayed and the role religion played in his primary campaign.
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