Politics / Abdul El-Sayed: “The Power of Our Many Is Greater Than the Power of Their Money” The lessons from a primary win that can be applied to defeat a Republican in November. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson / AP)Dr. Abdul El-Sayed beat the power of big money in Michigan’s tightly contested Democratic Senate primary. “What we showed is that the power of our many is greater than the power of their money.” Now that he’s prevailed in the primary, El-Sayed faces two immediate tasks. The Michigan primary was often bitter.