El Sayed at a campaign rallyImage source, Getty Images
ByNada Tawfik, North America correspondent, Reporting fromMichigan and Madeline Halpert and Christal Hayes
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In a race fuelled by withering attacks and inter-party disputes, progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has won a key Senate seat in the battleground state of Michigan.

El-Sayed bested Republican Mike Rogers, withstanding an onslaught of attacks that included baselessly tying him to terrorism and a high-profile spat with a fellow Democrat. He will be the first Muslim senator in US history.