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RandySF

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Wed Jul 9, 2025, 01:48 AM Jul 9

MI-SEN: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed to report $1.8M raised for Senate bid in Michigan

The campaign of El-Sayed of Ann Arbor said that total covered 22,000 donations from 17,000 individuals and that 95% of the donations received were under $100. He is not accepting donations from corporate political action committees.

“Our movement is about the kind of folks who don’t have lobbyists or PACs,” El-Sayed said in a statement. “It’s why so many Michiganders contributed their time, their hard-earned dollars, their stories, or their support. Across the state, people are fired up for real change.”

El-Sayed is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, seeking the seat being vacated by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township.

His total is just behind the haul reported by state Sen. Mallory McMorrow of Royal Oak, who said she raised over $2.1 million since launching her U.S. Senate campaign in early April.


https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/08/democrat-abdul-el-sayed-campaign-fundraising-mallory-mcmorrow-haley-stevens-joe-tate/84503717007/

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MI-SEN: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed to report $1.8M raised for Senate bid in Michigan (Original Post) RandySF Jul 9 OP
McMorrow took a courageous stand long ago. She has my support for as long as she stays in the race. DFW Jul 9 #1

DFW

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1. McMorrow took a courageous stand long ago. She has my support for as long as she stays in the race.
Wed Jul 9, 2025, 03:36 AM
Jul 9

Her speech against a transphobic Republican on the Michigan State Senate floor in 2022 did it for me. I was hoping she would make a run for national office sooner or later. Now she has, and I'm with her.

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