BOSTON, Mass. – Today, Senator Ed Markey announced his endorsement of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed for the U.S. Senate seat in Michigan.

“Abdul El-Sayed is the bold progressive leader Michiganders need fighting for them in the Senate. As a doctor and public health leader in Detroit, Abdul has seen firsthand how our broken health care system leaves working families behind, and we need him in the Senate to help pass Medicare for All and guarantee health care as a human right,” said U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA). “Abdul refuses to take corporate PAC money and has earned the support of organized labor because working people know he will put their interests ahead of the billionaires, private equity and corporate interests that have rigged the system against them. I am proud to endorse Abdul El-Sayed.”

“Ed Markey has dedicated his life to making government work for the people of Massachusetts,” said Dr. Abdul El-Sayed. “He’s led on bringing climate justice to the forefront of our politics while rejecting money from corporations who want to stop him. His leadership in Congress is unparalleled, and I look forward to joining him in the Senate to get money out of politics, put money in peoples’ pockets, and pass Medicare for All. I am humbled and deeply grateful for Sen. Markey’s endorsement.”