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Abdul El-Sayed wins US Senate race in Michigan

World. Photo: Conlan Houston / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped
Photo: Conlan Houston / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped

Abdul El-Sayed has won the US Senate election in the state of Michigan, according to preliminary results. In a statement to ANCA, he said he would stand for the peace, dignity, security and self-determination of the Armenian people. El-Sayed described the Trump administration's provision of military aid to Azerbaijan as a violation of international law. According to reports, he will become the first Muslim in the history of the Senate.

Coverage timeline

Who reported first and how the others caught up. Each bar shows how many of that side's outlets covered the story.

First to report: 24news.am · 11:45 · Opposition

Pro-government 0 / 6 No outlet on this side covered it
Balanced 2 / 14 First: Aravot, 1 h 19 min later
Opposition 10 / 21 First: 24news.am, 11:45
Timeline as a list
  1. 24news.am (Opposition)
  2. Tert.am (Opposition)
  3. Alphanews.am (Opposition)
  4. Past / Pastinfo (Opposition)
  5. Yerevan.Today (Opposition)
  6. 168 Zham (Opposition)
  7. Livenews.am (Opposition)
  8. News.am (Opposition)
  9. Aravot (Balanced)
  10. Iravunk (Opposition)
  11. Golos Armenii (Opposition)
  12. Factor (Balanced)

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