Sarah Jukaku: Indian-Origin Wife of Senator Abdul El-Sayed

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Abdul El-Sayed's victory as America's first Muslim senator in the 2026 midterm elections has spotlighted his wife, Dr. Sarah Jukaku, whose family roots trace to Bhatkal, Karnataka, India. Dr. Jukaku, a psychiatrist born in Michigan, earned her medical degree from Columbia University in 2015. She met El-Sayed at the University of Michigan, and the couple married in 2006. She actively campaigned for her husband this year. Her father, a nephrologist, grew up in Bhatkal before moving to the US. Residents of Bagalkot, where her grandfather served as deputy minister for finance, expressed pride in her family's achievement. The couple has two daughters.


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