Common Dreams reports that Medicare for All champion Abdul El-Sayed defeated former US Representative Mike Rogers in Michigan's US Senate race, a win announced Wednesday that, with Democrats' House control, gives the party 54 Senate seats starting in January. In a victory speech in Detroit, El-Sayed cast his win as "Michigan chose hope" over an opposition he said attacked his name and faith to distract from issues like the cost-of-living crisis, while Sunrise Movement's Aru Shiney-Ajay said Democrats won by running on economic populism.