'I've been Abdul my whole life': El-Sayed talks run for U.S. Senate - WDET 101.9 FM

'I've been Abdul my whole life': El-Sayed talks run for U.S. Senate - WDET 101.9 FM

The field for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate being vacated by Gary Peters is already crowded. Congresswoman Haley Stevens and Michigan state senator Mallory McMorrow jumped in right away. Abdul El-Sayed’s entry into the fray is not a surprise. An epidemiologist by trade, he served as health director for the City of Detroit – then ran for governor in 2018. He finished second in the primary to Gretchen Whitmer. El-Sayed picked up th…