Opinion | Closing arguments in Michigan’s much-watched Democratic Senate primary

Michigan's Democratic Senate primary features a progressive versus centrist matchup, with Abdul El-Sayed, a former Detroit and Wayne County public health official born to Egyptian immigrants, as a key candidate. El-Sayed holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Oxford, and Columbia, and previously ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2018. The race is being closely watched as a litmus test for the direction of the Democratic Party.