INTRO: The expensive cost of living in the United States, including unaffordable housing and high prices at the pump helped produce a blue wave in the midterms on Tuesday. Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) defeated Mike Rogers in the Senate race in Michigan. He joins ABC’s “This Week” to react to his victory.
***MANDATORY CREDIT ABC’S “THIS WEEK”***
ACK: Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI)
TAG: The U.S. midterm elections also saw historic wins for women including Georgia Governor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms becoming the first black female Governor in the U.S., Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) becoming the first female Governor of Minnesota, Gina Hinojosa (D-TX) becoming the first female latina Governor of Texas, and Deb Haaland (D-NM) becoming the first Native American Governor in the U.S. after winning in New Mexico.
KEYWORD: Politics, Election
