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EPIC-MRA Poll Shows Abdul El-Sayed Leading Mike Rogers

9/1/2026

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El-Sayed Leads

EPIC-MRA released a poll on Aug. 31, 2026 showing Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed ahead of Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat.
El-Sayed apologized to Jewish Democratic leaders, calling his “hurt people hurt people” comment a mistake.
The poll surveyed 600 likely Michigan voters from Aug. 22-28 with a ±4-point margin of error.
El-Sayed led Rogers 62%-31% among voters 18-34 and 48%-38% among voters 35-49.

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El-Sayed Leads

EPIC-MRA released a poll on Aug. 31, 2026 showing Democrat Abdul El-Sayed ahead of Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan’s Senate seat.
The summary warns Rogers’s rhetoric and demonizing tactics risk inflaming racial and religious divisions, distracting from the race’s competitiveness.
The poll gave El-Sayed 47% and Rogers 43%, reversing a prior Fox News poll that had Rogers ahead.
Vice President JD Vance called El-Sayed “very, very evil” and said he was stoking division.

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Rogers’ campaign email claimed he had seen Osama bin Laden’s dead body, a claim later clarified as inaccurate because he was not present at the raid, according to fact-checkers.
Within this story's sources, this detail appears mainly in Left-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Center-leaning coverage.

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El-Sayed Leads

EPIC-MRA released a poll on Aug. 31, 2026 showing Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed ahead of Republican Mike Rogers for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat.
El-Sayed apologized to Jewish Democratic leaders, calling his “hurt people hurt people” comment a mistake.
The poll surveyed 600 likely Michigan voters from Aug. 22-28 with a ±4-point margin of error.
El-Sayed led Rogers 62%-31% among voters 18-34 and 48%-38% among voters 35-49.

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