Abdul El-Sayed
Democratic
Physician and epidemiologist; former public health director for the City of Detroit and for Wayne County
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U.S. Senate · Nov 3, 2026
Open seat. Held by Gary Peters, who is not running.
Open seat: Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is not seeking re-election.
Physician and epidemiologist; former public health director for the City of Detroit and for Wayne County
U.S. Representative for Michigan's 8th district from 2001 to 2015 and former chair of the House Intelligence Committee; 2024 Republican Senate nominee
Founder and CEO of Iron Fortress LLC; lives in Ironwood
Community journalist; Green Party nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan in 2024
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DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
Supports Medicare for All covering all necessary care, including vision, dental and hearing, with no premiums, copays or deductibles. Would abolish medical debt, opposes privatizing Medicare and cutting Medicaid or ACA subsidies, and would end pharmacy benefit managers.
“Medicare should be automatic, for everyone, and accepted everywhere.”
RepublicanMike Rogers
Would require hospitals and insurers to post real prices, hold executives accountable and impose fines for failures; expand access to TrumpRx government bulk drug purchasing; speed approval of lower-cost generics; and require insurers to report denial rates, with penalties for excessive denials.
“You deserve to know the price before you get the bill.”
LibertarianLydia Christensen
Supports an opt-in Medicaid for All program for citizens and legal residents that covers all medically necessary care, including dental, vision, hearing, long-term and mental health care, with income-based premiums and no deductibles. People could keep employer or union plans.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
Supports a single-payer health system giving every U.S. citizen access to health care by default.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
Supports federal investment in new housing and streamlining local rules, banning large corporations that speculate on housing from owning homes, banning algorithmic rent-setting software, fees on short-term rental platforms, and a federal renter bill of rights.
RepublicanMike Rogers
Would expand 529 savings plans to cover first-time home down payments, let renters build credit from on-time rent, let people defer student loans while saving for a down payment, roll back housing regulations, and create zones where new home construction is tax-free.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
Would create a federal rapid rehousing program that places unhoused people in landlord-contracted rentals, with tenants paying 30% of income at first and landlords paid through tax credits, and would cosponsor a bill capping the Defense Department budget at $750 billion to fund it.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
Supports barring private equity companies from owning residential property, tying rents to an area's prevailing wages, awarding leases based on need, and regulating short-term rentals.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
Opposes the war in Iran and calls for an end to hostilities, supports Ukraine against Russia's invasion, opposes blank-check military funding to foreign governments, and supports an arms embargo on Israel and restored foreign aid, including to UNRWA.
RepublicanMike Rogers
Supported the U.S. airstrikes on Iran and says Iran must not have a nuclear weapon, and later said the campaign should wind down without an end date or a goal of ending the regime. Says he will stand with Michigan's Jewish community, against terrorism and for Israel's right to defend itself.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
Says only Congress can declare war and would vote for binding resolutions to end unauthorized hostilities, including in Iran. Would vote against continued military aid to Israel until Genocide Convention compliance is independently verified and full humanitarian access to Gaza is provided.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
Calls for the U.S. to immediately end hostilities against Iran and use economic and diplomatic leverage for permanent ceasefires in Gaza, Ukraine and elsewhere, and opposes continued weapons and funding for proxy wars.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
Supports writing the EPA's greenhouse gas endangerment finding into law, shutting down the Line 5 pipeline, a path to 100% renewable energy, removing every lead pipe in Michigan by 2030, and a federal clean water guarantee with water bills capped at 2% of household income.
RepublicanMike Rogers
No published position found.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
Opposes the proposed Great Lakes Tunnel for Line 5 and supports decommissioning and removing the pipeline. Opposes permits that allow mining discharge into waters flowing toward Lake Superior and supports federal water-protection standards that put the burden of proof on polluters.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
Calls for accountability for the Flint water crisis and PFAS contamination, opposes corporations taking Michigan's freshwater, and supports stopping Line 5 and the Line 5 tunnel.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
Supports taxing capital gains and inheritances over $1 million as ordinary income, a higher rate on earnings over $1 million, a tax on wealth over $1 billion, a cost-of-living exemption from federal taxes up to $50,000, and lifting the Social Security payroll tax cap.
RepublicanMike Rogers
No published position found.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
Supports ending federal income tax on earnings under $150,000 a year and says the federal income tax should eventually be eliminated.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
No published position found.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
Supports abolishing ICE and replacing it with a new enforcement structure, keeping border security and immigration enforcement, and redirecting ICE funds to immigration courts to create a path to citizenship for people in limbo in the current system.
RepublicanMike Rogers
No published position found.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
Supports abolishing ICE and replacing it with an immigration enforcement approach centered on due process, and supports a permanent pathway to citizenship for Dreamers.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
No published position found.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
No published position found.
RepublicanMike Rogers
Says he would bring manufacturing jobs back to Michigan and lower the cost of gas, groceries and prescription drugs.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
No published position found.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
Supports a universal basic income of $1,000 a month for every U.S. citizen over 18, and $1,500 a month for descendants of enslaved people.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
Supports writing the rights once protected by Roe v. Wade into federal law, says healthcare decisions including reproductive and gender-affirming care belong to patients and their doctors, and opposes efforts to criminalize certain medications.
“I’ll fight to codify the rights once protected by Roe v. Wade into federal law.”
RepublicanMike Rogers
No published position found.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
No published position found.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
No published position found.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
Supports overturning Citizens United, banning outside spending by super PACs and similar groups, public election funding, a federal nonpartisan committee to draw congressional districts, Supreme Court term limits and ending the filibuster. Opposes mandatory voter ID laws such as the SAVE Act.
RepublicanMike Rogers
No published position found.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
No published position found.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
No published position found.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
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RepublicanMike Rogers
Says Canada is not Michigan's enemy and calls for ending the tariff war with Canada, and says he would work with both parties to lower prices.
“We need to end this tariff war — now.”
LibertarianLydia Christensen
No published position found.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
No published position found.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
No published position found.
RepublicanMike Rogers
Says he would protect seniors' Social Security and Medicare.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
No published position found.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
No published position found.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
No published position found.
RepublicanMike Rogers
Criticizes the repeal of Michigan's law requiring children to read at grade level by third grade to advance, and says schools need to get kids reading again and get back to basics like phonics.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
No published position found.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
No published position found.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
No published position found.
RepublicanMike Rogers
No published position found.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
Would vote against reauthorizing Section 702 surveillance without a warrant requirement, work to close the data-broker loophole, ban federal agencies from using or funding license-plate-reader networks, and propose a Bill of Digital Rights treating personal data as private property.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
No published position found.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
No published position found.
RepublicanMike Rogers
No published position found.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
Supports passing the Equality Act as written to add federal protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and supports ending qualified immunity so people can sue officials who violate their rights.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
No published position found.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
DemocraticAbdul El-Sayed
No published position found.
RepublicanMike Rogers
No published position found.
LibertarianLydia Christensen
No published position found.
U.S. TaxpayersTim Long
No published position found.
GreenDouglas P. Marsh
Supports long-term jobs rebuilding bridges and roads and building green energy infrastructure.
Natural LawWalter P. Kristy
No published position found.
Tim Long and Walter P. Kristy haven’t published positions we could find.