Abdul El-Sayed Visits Marquette with Ocasio-Cortez, Rink

Abdul El-Sayed visits Marquette with Ocasio-Cortez, Rink

Gallery • 24 Photos Erika Rice At a rally in Vandament Arena on October 15 that featured Congressional candidate Anna Aho Rink and New York state representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed addressed Yoopers as part of a tour of the Upper Peninsula that included Escanaba and Iron Mountain. The arena, roughly three-quarters full with a crowd reported by El-Sayed’s team as exceeding one th…

Abdul El-Sayed courts Upper Peninsula voters in Michigan U.S. Senate race - WDET 101.9 FM

El-Sayed has spent the better part of a year in barns, union halls, and kitchens in towns big and small across the state to pick up some support among independents and disenchanted conservative voters.

Abdul El-Sayed courts Upper Peninsula voters in Michigan U.S. Senate race

More than 500 people showed up to support the Democratic U.S. Senate candidate at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. It was the first stop on a three-event day that culminated in a 1,200 person rally in Marquette that evening.

Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed campaigns in GOP stronghold

Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is campaigning in the GOP stronghold of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, an area that hasn't voted for a Democrat in Congress in over a decade.