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  "id": 18073445,
  "title": "Abdul El-Sayed: Progressive physician-turned-public-health official leads Michigan Senate race",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/abdul-el-sayed-progressive-physician-turned-public-health-official",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-04T05:09:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/abdul-el-sayed-progressive-physician-turned-public-health-official-leads-michigan-senate-race-1.500735188"
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  "summary": "Democrat Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed, a progressive physician-turned-public-health official, is poised to be the first-ever Muslim senator in the US. El-Sayed leads Republican Mike Rogers 50.5% to 47.7% with 41% of Michigan votes counted in Michigan’s open Senate race. With about 41% of the vote counted, El-Sayed led 50.5% to 47.7%, and four independents split the rest. As of 12:50 pm GMT+8,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}