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First Muslim US Senator El-Sayed Launches ‘Habibi PAC’World
Days after his historic win in Michigan, Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed has registered a new political action committee aimed at building the next generation of American political leaders.
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Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed, the first Muslim American elected to the United States Senate, has launched a new political action committee days after his historic election victory in Michigan, in a move aimed at building the next generation of political leaders.
El-Sayed has registered Habibi PAC, a leadership political action committee, according to a filing with the Federal Election Commission dated Thursday. The committee is intended to support and strengthen emerging political leaders across the country.
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The launch comes after El-Sayed defeated Republican Mike Rogers, who had been endorsed by President Donald Trump, in the Michigan Senate race in the midterm elections on November 3. The Associated Press called the race for El-Sayed in the early hours of November 4, with El-Sayed leading by about six to seven points.
El-Sayed, the son of Egyptian immigrants and a former Michigan health director, will become the first Muslim to serve in the US Senate when he is sworn in. He will take the seat of outgoing Democratic Senator Gary Peters, whose term ends in January 2027.
A historic victory
El-Sayed’s victory was one of the most closely watched contests of the 2026 midterm elections, in which Democrats recaptured the US Senate. His campaign challenged the Democratic establishment and drew support from voters who backed his call to reduce the influence of corporate money in politics.
He had already made history in August, when he narrowly defeated Representative Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary by about one percentage point, despite leading figures in the party backing his opponent. That win made him the first Muslim candidate to earn a major party nomination for the US Senate.
In his victory speech in Detroit in the early hours of November 4, El-Sayed told supporters: “Michigan, we did it.” He said he was proud to stand before them as their senator-elect, and thanked voters across the state for embracing his campaign.
The new political action committee, whose name uses the Arabic word “habibi”, meaning “my dear” or “my friend”, signals that El-Sayed intends to play a wider role in American politics beyond Michigan, helping to recruit and support candidates who share his approach.
El-Sayed, a physician and former public health official for Detroit and Wayne County, built his campaign around health care, economic fairness and political reform. His win has been described by observers as a milestone for Muslim Americans, who have long been underrepresented in federal office.
The Michigan seat had been seen as one of the most important in the battle for control of the Senate, and El-Sayed’s victory helped secure the Democrats’ majority. He will be sworn in as a senator in January 2027.
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