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华盛顿讯——密歇根州民主党参议院候选人阿卜杜勒·埃尔赛义德于周三与参议院民主党人会面，后者希望在11月选举的最后冲刺阶段全力支持他的竞选。
本次会面在国会山附近的民主党参议院竞选委员会总部举行，与会的参议院民主党人在会后表示，对埃尔赛义德及其竞选主张充满热情。
“他是一位优秀的候选人，他会获胜，我们所有人都团结一致，”民主党参议院竞选委员会主席、纽约州参议员柯尔斯滕·吉利布兰德说道。
埃尔赛义德上月在密歇根州民主党初选中击败了一名由参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默招募的温和派候选人。但自此之后，民主党人一直在努力弥合本届选举中显现的意识形态分歧，因为参议员加里·彼得斯决定不再寻求连任，民主党正竭力保住这个席位。
彼得斯对记者表示，此次会面让参议员们有机会结识埃尔赛义德“并了解到他确实是一位出色且强有力的候选人”，这是“一次绝佳的机会”。
“他向所有人证明了这一点，我们都对他的竞选活动感到兴奋，”彼得斯说，“我知道大家都期待着他在今年秋天获胜后能与他共事。”
2028年潜在总统候选人、亚利桑那州参议员马克·凯利表示，他计划前往密歇根州与埃尔赛义德一同开展竞选活动。
埃尔赛义德在会后对记者表示，他对持怀疑态度的民主党人传递的信息核心是，密歇根州的竞选将是赢得参议院多数席位的关键，而参议院多数席位将使民主党能够“追究唐纳德·特朗普的责任”并“启动立法工作”。
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“我们在远超人们刻意拿来分化民主党人的议题上达成了共识，”埃尔赛义德说道，他列举了医疗保健可及性、生殖权利和劳工问题等议题。“这些才是真正能让我们团结在一起的东西，我们有机会真正着手解决这些问题。”
当被问及是否需要舒默的政治行动委员会为该竞选投入资金时，他表示：“我们正在就获胜所需的条件进行非常富有成效的讨论。”埃尔赛义德预计将于周三晚些时候与舒默会面，并表示他期待一场“富有成效的会谈”。
这位前密歇根州卫生官员支持《全民医保》和消除政治献金等进步政策。在初选中，他获得了佛蒙特州参议员伯尼·桑德斯和马萨诸塞州参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦等知名进步人士的支持。但他也因在初选期间与左翼直播博主哈森·皮克尔一同竞选而受到审查——共和党人借此强调埃尔赛义德对密歇根州来说过于极端。
当被问及皮克尔时，埃尔赛义德转移了话题，告诉记者这个议题“与人们正在讨论的内容相去甚远”，并强调了负担能力问题。
在离开会面时，沃伦对埃尔赛义德给予了好评，她告诉记者，埃尔赛义德“能建立良好的联系，因为在场的很多人都在讨论，我们接下来能做什么？我们能做些什么来降低家庭的生活成本，我们能做些什么让这个政府更好地为劳动人民服务？”
“这是一位每天都在谈论美国家庭面临的高成本问题，以及华盛顿和唐纳德·特朗普的腐败问题的人，”沃伦说，“这就是他的人生信条。他是一名服务公众的医生，他投身这场竞选是因为他希望看到一个工薪家庭物价更低的美国。”
随着初选胜利，埃尔赛义德成为最新一位击败温和派的民主党激进派候选人，这引发了有关民主党未来愿景的辩论，也对传统的 electability（ electability指候选人赢得选举的能力）观念提出了质疑。这些疑问将在11月得到检验，届时埃尔赛义德将迎战前共和党众议员迈克·罗杰斯，后者在2024年密歇根州另一个参议院席位的竞选中以微弱劣势输给了参议员伊丽莎·斯洛特金。
另一位知名进步人士、康涅狄格州参议员克里斯·墨菲对记者表示，他“完全支持”埃尔赛义德，并认为他的同事们也是如此。
“我确实认为民主党需要成为一个代表工人阶级的政党，提出如何改革彻底崩溃的经济的宏大构想，”墨菲说，“我已经厌倦了针对重大问题的渐进式解决方案，而阿卜杜勒正是那个敢于谈论我们的政治和经济是如何腐败的人，我为此为他鼓掌。”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/abdul-el-sayed-blasts-gop-opponent-mike-rogers-skipping-michigan-senate-debate/
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Senate Democrats meet with Abdul El-Sayed, rallying around Michigan nominee
September 16, 2026 / 3:14 PM EDT / CBS News
Washington — Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed met with Senate Democrats on Wednesday as they look to rally around his candidacy in the final sprint to November’s election.
Leaving the meeting, which took place at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee headquarters near the Capitol, Senate Democrats expressed enthusiasm around El-Sayed and his message.
“He’s a great candidate. He’s going to win, and we are all united,” said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who chairs the DSCC.
El-Sayed won the Michigan Democratic primary last month against a more moderate candidate who was recruited by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. But since then, Democrats have sought to bridge ideological divides on display this cycle, as they fight to hold onto the seat following Sen. Gary Peters’ decision not to seek reelection.
Peters told reporters that the meeting was “a great opportunity” for senators to meet El-Sayed “and understand he’s really a great, strong candidate.”
“He certainly showed that to everybody, and we’re all excited about his campaign,” Peters said. “And I know they’re all looking forward to serving with him when he wins this fall.”
Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, a potential presidential candidate in 2028, said he plans to go to Michigan to campaign with El-Sayed.
El-Sayed spoke to reporters after the meeting and said his message to skeptical Democrats was focused on how the Michigan race could be key to winning a majority in the upper chamber, which would enable Democrats to “hold Donald Trump accountable” and to “start legislating.”
Abdul El-Sayed after a meeting with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026. CBS News
“We are united in so much more than people like to point to that seems to divide Democrats,” El-Sayed said, citing issues like healthcare access, reproductive rights and labor issues. “These are the things that actually bring us together and we have an opportunity to actually get to work to address them.”
Asked whether he needs Schumer’s PAC to invest in the race, he said, “We’re having really productive conversations about what it takes to win.” El-Sayed was expected to meet with Schumer later Wednesday, and said he was looking forward to a “productive meeting.”
The former Michigan health official backs progressive policies like Medicare for All and getting money out of politics. In the primary, he had the support of prominent progressives like Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. But he’s also faced scrutiny for campaigning during the primary with left-wing streamer Hasan Piker — an association that Republicans have highlighted to argue El-Sayed is too extreme for Michigan.
Asked about Piker, El-Sayed pivoted, telling reporters that the issue is “so far removed from what people are talking about” and highlighting affordability issues.
Leaving the meeting, Warren praised El-Sayed, telling reporters that he “makes good connections, because it’s a lot of people in there who are talking about, what can we do next? What can we do to lower costs for families, what can we do to make this government work better for working people?”
“Here’s a man who talks every day about the high costs that American families are facing, and the corruption that is Washington and Donald Trump,” Warren said. “It’s the life he’s lived. It’s a man who’s a public service doctor, and he’s in this fight because he wants to see an America where prices are lower for working families.”
With his primary victory, El-Sayed became the latest in a string of Democratic insurgents to defeat centrists, fueling debates about the party’s vision going forward, and raising questions about the conventional wisdom around electability. Those questions will be put to the test in November, when El-Sayed takes on former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers, who narrowly lost to Sen. Elissa Slotkin in the 2024 race for Michigan’s other Senate seat.
Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut, another prominent progressive, told reporters he’s “all in” on El-Sayed and thinks his colleagues are, too.
“I do think the Democratic Party needs to be a party that stands for the working class, that has big ideas for how you’re going to reform a fundamentally broken economy,” Murphy said. “I’m sick and tired of incremental solutions to huge problems, and Abdul is somebody who’s not afraid to talk about the ways that both our politics and our economy is corrupt, and I applaud him for that.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/abdul-el-sayed-blasts-gop-opponent-mike-rogers-skipping-michigan-senate-debate/
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