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On Tuesday, August 4th, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for Michigan’s United States Senate seat, prevailing in the most expensive Senate primary in American history. The race drew record breaking outside spending from AIPAC and corporate special interests, totaling nearly $70 million, Abdul having been outspent 11:1.
An average of $95 was spent for every vote against Abdul, more than 10 times as much as Abdul’s $9 per vote average.
This campaign was powered by tens of thousands of volunteers and hundreds of thousands of grassroots supporters across the state. From Detroit to the Upper Peninsula, Abdul held more than 500 campaign events, visited 150 churches. His volunteers knocked over 200,000 doors and made 1,000,000 phone calls.
