A Dearborn businessman and civil rights advocate is launching a bid for the U.S. Senate.
Democrat Nasser Beydoun wants to replace Michigan's senior U.S. Senator, Debbie Stabenow, when she retires at the end of her current term.
Beydoun is a small business owner who's worked with the Arab American Civil Rights League, and groups that tried to bridge differences between law enforcement and Middle Eastern communities.
He argues that gives him the experience to fight for those whose voices often go unheard on Capitol Hill.
"I feel that American has lost the vision that the middle class is built on — good-paying jobs and small business. And there's nobody really representing that segment of people in Congress or in the Senate today."
Beydoun faces a strong opponent in Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, who has won several tough elections and quickly assembled a sizable campaign war chest in her quest for the Senate.