Abdul El-Sayed

Progressive

Democrat

N/A

Michigan

Current Position: Former Wayne County Health Director

Running For: Senator

Policy Positions

For targeted tariffs to protect Michigan manufacturing and incubate future industries, with union input; opposes blanket tariffs
For raising taxes on the wealthy; supports taxing capital gains over $1 million as ordinary income, taxing inheritances over $1 million as ordinary income, raising the marginal tax rate on earnings over $1 million, a billionaire wealth tax, closing the stepped-up basis loophole, and a $50,000 cost-of-living exemption on federal taxes
For closing the Social Security payroll tax cap to ensure solvency
For allowing local governments to enact rent control laws; supported repealing Michigan state laws blocking municipal rent control in 2018

For breaking up healthcare monopolies; supports empowering the FTC to retrospectively review and break up healthcare mergers and acquisitions, and supports the Break Up Big Medicine Act
For stronger enforcement of anti-monopoly laws and elimination of corporate tax breaks
For unionization; supports the Protecting the Right to Organize Act and expanding union membership across professions including physicians
For federal AI regulation; supports safety testing standards, liability and incident reporting, compute controls, and creation of an independent federal AI enforcement agency; opposes preempting state AI regulation without federal law in place
For exploring wage insurance and basic income programs to address job displacement from automation
For banning large corporations from owning single-family homes as speculative investments; supports banning algorithmic rental price-fixing software and a federal renter bill of rights
For redirecting federal farm subsidies from corporate agribusiness to family farmers; supports capping individual subsidy payments at $250,000/year and a federal right-to-repair law for farm equipment

For Medicare for All; supports expanding Medicare to cover all Americans including vision, dental, and hearing, with no premiums, copays, or deductibles, and does not require banning supplemental private insurance
Against privatization of Medicare; opposes Medicaid cuts and ACA subsidy cuts, and supports repealing cuts from the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' Act
For abolishing medical debt for all Americans
Against use of AI by health insurers to override doctor decisions
For expanding Medicare drug price negotiation to all prescription drugs; supports public manufacturing of essential medications like insulin and banning pharmacy benefit managers

Against school vouchers and privatization of public education; supports fully funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and raising minimum teacher salaries to at least $60,000/year
For tuition-free and debt-free higher education pathways including two-year apprenticeships and four-year college programs

For 100% renewable energy; supports massive investment in solar, wind, battery storage, and a modernized smart grid, and codifying the EPA's Endangerment Finding into law
For shutting down Line 5 pipeline to protect the Great Lakes and tribal sites

For codifying abortion rights into federal law; supports codifying rights once protected by Roe v. Wade and opposes criminalizing medications or using funding cuts to prevent full-spectrum reproductive healthcare
For gender-affirming care; opposes efforts to restrict it through criminalization or funding cuts
For expanding and improving the VA; opposes cuts to veterans services and supports expanding housing, jobs, and education benefits for veterans

For fixed-term appointments for CDC Director, FDA Commissioner, and NIH Director to insulate them from political interference
Against Citizens United; supports legislation to overturn the decision and ban corporate spending through SuperPACs, 501(c)4s, and 527 groups; supports public election funding and campaign spending caps
For Supreme Court reform; supports ending lifetime appointments, imposing term limits, and allowing equal appointments per presidential term
For abolishing the filibuster
Against mandatory Voter ID laws such as the SAVE Act; supports automatic voter registration at 18, automatic re-registration upon moving, election day holidays, and no-reason absentee and early in-person voting
For federal gerrymandering reform; supports congressional districts drawn by a federal nonpartisan expert committee rather than partisan state governments

For abolishing ICE; supports replacing it with a new border enforcement structure prioritizing human dignity and rule of law, and repurposing ICE funds to build immigration court infrastructure and pathways to citizenship
Against U.S. military aid to Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and UAE; supports an immediate arms embargo on Israel and comprehensive enforcement of U.S. laws conditioning military aid
Against the U.S. war with Iran; supports diplomatic solutions to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran, referencing the JCPOA as a model
For U.S. military aid to Ukraine as consistent with multinational alliances and the rules-based international order
For re-investment in foreign humanitarian aid including to UNRWA; supports U.S. engagement with the WHO, Paris Agreement, and Conference of Parties
For Israel-Gaza ceasefire; has called the Gaza war a genocide, called Israel a 'rogue state,' and stated both Hamas and the Israeli government are 'evil'