Donald Trump says about Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan race: "I have not found out who won"
“I have not found out who won the election tonight with Abdul. Who won?”
Reported August 5, 2026 by kyma.com. Checked word for word against that report.
Primary voting in five states moved the country closer to November’s midterms, with the open Michigan Senate seat drawing the most attention. NBC News projected that Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist who campaigned with prominent progressives on Medicare for All and abolition of ICE, won the Democratic nomination over Representative Haley Stevens. Before NBC called the race, President Trump told reporters he did not yet know which candidate had emerged victorious in the contest involving El-Sayed. Republicans view the seat as a pickup opportunity because it is currently held by a retiring Democrat. In other results, progressive William Lawrence won a Michigan House primary, Missouri’s Wesley Bell defeated Cori Bush, and Kansas Republicans nominated Ty Masterson, who had Trump’s backing.
- kyma.com ↗︎05 AUG 2026