Mamdani: Abdurrahman El-Sayed's victory in Michigan is important Mayor of New York: It is very amazing to see Abdul-Sayed's victory considering the copious amounts spent against him and the daily racism and slander he faced. Abdul Rahman Muhammad El-Sayed, the Muslim Democratic candidate of Egyptian origin who won the US Senate elections in the state of Michigan, also said in a new statement that the US-Israel Public Relations Committee (AIPAC) spent $42 million against his campaign and added: "But we managed to defeat them."