At 05:01 CET, Abdul El-Sayed led Mike Rogers in the Michigan Senate race by 74,796 votes, 51.7 to 46.5 percent with 29.4 percent of the expected vote counted, according to NBC News, based on AP data. No winner has been called. Michigan is the only open Democratic-held Senate seat in a state Trump won in 2024, Republicans have not won a Senate race there since 1994, and with more than $243 million in spending it is the most expensive election in the state's history. It also has a direct line to crypto: the state pension fund holds about $20.6 million in Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs.
Michigan Senate race: the key facts
- Status (05:01 CET): El-Sayed 749,998 votes (51.7 percent), Rogers 675,202 (46.5 percent), 29.4 percent counted.
- Governor: Jocelyn Benson leads John James 53.5 to 44.8 percent with 30 percent counted.
- 2024: Donald Trump won Michigan in 2024 with 2,816,636 votes to 2...
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