Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for the US Senate seat in Michigan, is drawing support from some Muslim voters who disagree with his liberal stances on abortion and LGBTQ rights, according to Fox News Digital reporting from the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention in Detroit. Several attendees said they would back El-Sayed regardless, citing a desire for greater political representation and frustration with the Republican Party over foreign policy and the cost of living, even though his positions clash with more conservative Islamic teachings on these social issues.

At the Labor Day weekend conference, where El-Sayed gave the keynote speech, Fox News Digital interviewed around ten attendees, many speaking anonymously. El-Sayed backs codifying Roe v. Wade, funding Planned Parenthood, LGBTQ-inclusive sex education and gender-transition care for children, positions some voters said surprised or troubled them. Multiple self-described 2024 Trump voters, including a Navy veteran, said they now plan to support El-Sayed in the midterms, pointing to concerns over US involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts and economic pressures, while Republicans are meanwhile hoping to attract disaffected Jewish Democrats concerned about El-Sayed's associations.