First time a Muslim wins US Senate elections Abdul al-Sayed won the elections from Michigan. He is 41 years old, a doctor and former head of the Detroit Health Department. “Donald, listen, I know you had a hard time pronouncing my name. So after J. I'll be sworn in in January, you can just call me a senator," he told Trump. Trump previously stated that Abdul al-Sayed would be the first senator to be admitted to the Senate only through a metal detector.