July 13th, 20181DEARBORN – Several key races are brewing that could alter the course municipalities and the state are taking as they face challenges like improving public education, fixing dilapidated infrastructure and lowering insurance premiums.
After a passionate debate on Tuesday, July 11, The Arab American Political Action Committee (AAPAC)...
June 22nd, 20180DEARBORN — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed continues to rack up endorsements from across the state and around the country in his bid to be Michigan’s next governor. On Monday, State Rep. Hammoud (D-Dearborn) became the latest elected official to endorse Abdul El-Sayed’s gubernatorial campaign.
A proud son of immigrants, Rep. Hammoud...
June 15th, 20180DETROIT — Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic candidate for governor, unveiled a state-level single payer healthcare plan on Wednesday.
The proposal, called Michicare, would make Michigan the first state in the country to guarantee universal healthcare coverage for all residents. El-Sayed is the first candidate for governor in...
May 11th, 20180LANSING - On Wednesday May 9, the Michigan Bureau of Elections rejected all challenges to Abdul El-Sayed’s legal eligibility to run for governor and confirmed him eligible to run.
Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar brought the challenge of El-Sayed’s eligibility forward.
“The official state Qualified Voter File...
May 11th, 20180DETROIT — At a campaign rally in Detroit on Saturday, May 5, former Ohio State Sen. Nina Turner announced that Our Revolution, an organization inspired by Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) 2016 presidential campaign, has endorsed Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic gubernatorial primary.
Our Revolution is a national...
May 4th, 20180LANSING – In an increasingly heated battle to remove one other from the ballot this primary election, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar is challenging rival Abdul El-Sayed’s eligibility to run for office. The two are running against Gretchen Whitmer in the Democratic primary.
Thanedar filed the complaint with the...
May 4th, 20180LANSING — Democratic gubernatorial candidate Shri Thanedar has spent millions of dollars in the Democratic primary race for governor, but he might not get on the ballot after questions were raised regarding the validity of 26,000 petition signatures required to place his name on the ballot in August.
Abdul El-Sayed’s campaign...
April 27th, 20180LANSING – Republican gubernatorial candidate Patrick Colbeck outraged both Democrats and fellow Republicans when he claimed that one of his Democratic rivals, Abdul El-Sayed, is part of an organized plot to take over American political leadership positions and start a “civilization jihad.”
Colbeck, currently a state senator from...
April 27th, 20180DEARBORN — Now that the April 24 deadline to file nominating petitions for elected office has passed, Michiganians have an “un-official” look at candidates in the August 7 primary elections. That list will be finalized once the deadline to withdraw passes on April 27.
In the race for governor, two Libertarians — John J. Tatar...
April 23rd, 20180
We have been able to help more than 100 kids in the community with drug addiction
DEARBORN HEIGHTS — On Friday, April 13, HYPE Athletics celebrated its 17th anniversary with a dinner at its Dearborn Heights location that drew 750 attendees, including Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed.
What started as a...
March 9th, 20180DEARBORN — He'd never thought politics would be in the cards for him, but Abdul El-Sayed is the first Democratic candidate to submit required signatures to the state, inching closer, aspiring to become Michigan's first Arab and Muslim American governor.
On March 6, El-Sayed, 33, a physician and epidemiologist and former director of...
March 9th, 20180DETROIT — Thousands of people attended the sanctuary of Detroit's Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church on March 3 to hear from four of the gubernatorial candidates. According to Miunited.org, Democrats Bill Cobbs, Abdul El-Sayed and Gretchen Whitmer were joined by Republican Patrick Colbeck in discussions about criminal justice reform,...
February 9th, 20180This gubernatorial election has a pool of Democratic candidates who represent a diverse range of backgrounds, including an Arab American, an African American and an Indian American. If any of them are elected, it would be first for the state.
The fourth and leading candidate, Gretchen Whitmer, would be the state's second woman...
January 5th, 20180Questions:
1. Where did you celebrate?
2. What is your personal New Year's resolution?
3. What are your hopes for the New Year?
Bill Bazzi
Dearborn Heights City Councilman
1. Celebrated with friends and family
2. To be the best I can be, and as I promised residents when I ran for election, to represent them and to do...
January 5th, 20180Here's our 2017 year-in-review of the most important news and developments as reported by The Arab American News locally, nationally and internationally.
Community and local
1. Former Dearborn City Clerk Kathy Buda was convicted on embezzlement charges, after clerk office employees reported suspicions she was stealing cash from fees...
December 22nd, 20171ANN ARBOR — Optimism echoed through the University of Michigan's Union Rogel Ballroom on December 16, as speeches from Abdul El-Sayed, Linda Sarsour and Winnie Wong inspired attendees at a town hall event.
More than 100 students and citizens filled the second floor ballroom during finals week to hear the speeches from El-Sayed, a...
November 28th, 20170I am running for Governor to make Michigan the most prosperous state in the nation
LANSING — Lt. Gov. Brian Calley is running for governor, he announced on his website early Tuesday morning.
"I am running for Governor to make Michigan the most prosperous state in the nation," he wrote. "I represent a new generation, and in a time...
March 4th, 20170
DETROIT— On Saturday, February 25, Former Detroit Public Health Director Abdul El-Sayed officially announced his candidacy for governor. He made his announcement under Eastern Market Shed No. 2 before supporters, a broad and diverse congregation that included family and friends.
El-Sayed, a Democrat, thanked family members and...
February 10th, 20170
DETROIT— Public Health Director Abdul El-Sayed, a Democrat, told local media outlets that he plans to resign and run for governor in the 2018 election.
"Right now, I'm focused on taking care of our health department to make sure that I leave it better than how I found it and to make sure the transition is smooth," he...
