Collin Anderson

Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed says that, if elected, he will work to "build a tax system that's fair for working people and makes billionaires pay their fair share." Yet his latest financial disclosure and tax return suggest the wealthy candidate, who is in the top 1 percent of Michigan earners, is taking advantage of an obscure tax loophole—derided since then-Democratic vice presidential hopeful John Edwards used it in 2004—in order to lower his own tax burden, accountants told the Washington Free Beacon.

When the oil and gas company Global Partners LP faced criticism from Maine lawmakers in 2019 over emissions violations at its petroleum storage facilities in South Portland, it turned to a well-connected operative to lobby the state legislature on a pair of bills targeting the company: Chace Jackson, the son of then-Maine Senate president Troy Jackson, now the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.

During a March 2025 stop on socialist senator Bernie Sanders's "Fighting Oligarchy" tour, left-wing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed said President Donald Trump's "deplorable and disgusting" tax cuts benefited "folks who don't really need more money." Months later, he claimed a $26,000 income deduction that was created as a part of that legislation, records show.

Left-wing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is running as a crusader for the working class, owns a rental property in Dubai, according to his latest financial disclosure. While the property's exact location is unknown, the disclosure provides a clue, listing an outstanding debt of as much as $100,000 to the luxury developer behind a "resort-style" community located in "the heart of New Dubai," complete with a "stunning lagoon and white sandy beaches."

The left-wing Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed launched a new ad campaign last week highlighting his family's "roots in mid-Michigan." The ad features his step-grandparents, Judy and Jan Johnson, lauding his work as Wayne County health director.

Left-wing Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed supports universal health care through a single-payer "Medicare for All" system that would cover every American "from cradle to grave." His wife, psychiatrist Sarah Jukaku, does not take Medicare or any other insurance plan, forcing her patients to pay out of pocket for the services they receive. She also appears to have scrubbed a portion of the "Frequently Asked Questions" page on her website making clear that she does not accept insurance.

Presumptive Democratic congresswoman and Zohran Mamdani-backed socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier, 32, is dating Mamdani's chief legal counsel, 48-year-old Ramzi Kassem, who is best known for defending al Qaeda terrorists, including a "close associate" of Osama bin Laden.

Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D.) earned tens of thousands of dollars working as an "equitable education" consultant for a firm that develops DEI plans for public schools in Texas. The firm, MAYA Consulting, described its work as "rooted in our diversity, equity, and inclusion philosophy" and donated to a group working to defund the Austin Police Department, a Washington Free Beacon review found.

The "independent" candidate for Senate in deep-red Nebraska who says he rejects "partisans," Dan Osborn, owes his political rise to a pair of Ivy League-educated socialist operatives who also recruited self-described "communist" Graham Platner and "Squad" member Summer Lee to run for office.

A former congressional aide now running for school board in Florida is accusing Rep. Thomas Massie (R., Ky.) of offering her thousands of dollars to conceal their romantic relationship, which she says began just months after Massie's first wife died. The woman, Cynthia West, said Massie got her a job on Capitol Hill from which she was dismissed after refusing his requests to "engage in behavior" that she "wasn't comfortable" with.