Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, epidemiologist, and public servant running for U.S. Senate.
Born and raised in Southeast Michigan, Abdul has spent his career making government work for people. He rebuilt Detroit’s Health Department after bankruptcy, then led Wayne County’s Health, Human, and Veterans Services Department, serving 1.8 million residents. In those roles, he secured free glasses for kids, removed lead from schools, expanded access to Narcan, took on corporate polluters, and launched a program to cancel up to $700 million in medical debt.
A union member, Rhodes Scholar, and University of Michigan alum, El-Sayed is running to build a government that works for regular Michiganders.