Joey Cappelletti

@Cappelletti7

Covering Congress for AP. Michigan native. Chicago sports. jcappelletti@ap.org.

Washington, DC Joined November 2012

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Joey Cappelletti @Cappelletti7 Aug 5

El-Sayed lost to Whitmer by 22 points in 2018. Seven years later, he launched a Senate campaign with four staffers, often speaking to near-empty rooms.

15 months later, he overcame more than $60 million in spending to win. My final dispatch from Detroit:
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apnews.com How Abdul El-Sayed went from political oblivion to progressive breakthrough in Michigan Senate race Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state. El-Sayed narrowly defeated U.S.

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The race to replace Sen. Marsha Blackburn is intensifying in Tennessee, with Burchett saying he wants it and speculation around Hegseth's future.

Hegseth is not currently being considered for the seat, according to a person familiar.
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apnews.com Hegseth is not under consideration as jockeying begins for Tennessee Senate seat, AP source says Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett says he wants to replace Sen. Marsha Blackburn when she becomes governor in January.

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On the upcoming ideological fight within the Democratic Party, w/ @stevenpsloan @jjcooper @hrfingerhut

Featuring interviews with El-Sayed, Van Hollen, Villegas, Bohannan, Khanna and Rahm.
apnews.com/article/democr…

apnews.com Democrats' victory was clear. The party's future is not Democrats won sweeping victories in the midterm elections, but the results did little to settle the debate over their party’s future.

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In a sign of how combative the Senate race became, Rogers and El-Sayed had not spoken as of Wednesday afternoon, even after Rogers conceded. In 2024, Rogers called Slotkin to concede on Wednesday morning, before the AP had even called the race.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen.-elect El-Sayed, target of GOP’s harshest attacks, tells AP Michigan voters rejected ‘hateful, spiteful’ rhetoric.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen.-elect El-Sayed, target of GOP’s harshest attacks, tells AP Michigan voters rejected ‘hateful, spiteful’ rhetoric.
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apnews.com El-Sayed tells AP Michigan rejected ‘hateful, spiteful campaign’ after months of Republican attacks Michigan Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed tells The Associated Press that voters have rejected a “hateful, spiteful campaign” after months of Republican attacks on his Muslim identity.