# From Abdul El-Sayed’s psychiatrist wife to Chris Pappas’ fixer husband and James Talarico’s very well-connected girlfriend: Meet DC’s newest power spouses

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/from-abdul-el-sayeds-psychiatrist-wife-to-chris-pappas-fixer-husband-and-james-talaricos-very-well-connected-girlfriend-meet-dcs-newest-power-spouses/
- Published: 2026-11-04T18:04:58+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T23:05:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16265001/democractic-winners-spouses-house-senate-seats.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Celebrity, Elections, Entertainment, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- El-Sayed, Pappas and Talarico won Senate seats.
- Their partners featured prominently during the campaigns.
- The article gives family and career details for two couples.

## Summary

Democratic Senate victories in the 2026 midterms have brought the candidates’ partners into the public eye. The article profiles Abdul El-Sayed, Chris Pappas and James Talarico, focusing on their spouses or partners and the role they played during the campaigns.

El-Sayed became the first Muslim elected to the Senate, Pappas the first openly gay man elected to it, and Talarico flipped a Texas Senate seat for Democrats for the first time since 1988. El-Sayed’s wife, psychiatrist Dr Sarah Jukaku, met him at the University of Michigan; they have two daughters. Pappas’s husband, attorney Vann Bentley, married him in 2023; the supplied article text cuts off before giving further details about Talarico’s partner.

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