The man who guarded Abdul El-Sayed for years is now trying to keep him out of the U.S. Senate.
Jordan Domingue, a Marine combat veteran, was El-Sayed’s chief security officer and personal assistant. Now he is backing Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan’s open Senate race and warning voters about the Democratic nominee he once protected.
With a month left before Election Day, Domingue has stepped up his attacks on X. The Gateway Pundit and Lifezette reported on his latest posts in recent days.
Who is Jordan Domingue?
Domingue worked on El-Sayed’s campaigns going back to 2018, according to the Michigan Enjoyer, a Michigan news site that first interviewed him in April. The Gateway Pundit reported that he served on two of them: El-Sayed’s run for governor and his current Senate race. The Enjoyer reported that Domingue spent more than a decade as a security professional overseas and with the State Department.
He was not a casual volunteer. Lifezette reported that Domingue worked six or seven days a week and logged more than 50,000 miles with the candidate.
To be clear about the timeline: Domingue did not quit this week. He resigned in January 2026 and went public in April. What is new is that he is now openly campaigning against his old boss in the race’s final stretch. Lifezette and the Gateway Pundit report that he promotes Rogers through a “Democrats for Mike Rogers” account. The Rogers campaign launched a coalition by that name in August to court unhappy Democrats, Fox News reported.
Why he says he left
In his April interview, Domingue said his main concern was El-Sayed’s views on Israel and Iran.
He warned that El-Sayed’s push to cut funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system would “have high costs in terms of civilian life,” the Enjoyer reported. He called El-Sayed a “chameleon” who practices “strategic ambiguity” on Iran.
Domingue also said he once thought El-Sayed’s troubling statements came from ignorance. “They turned out to be beliefs,” he said, according to Townhall.
On the trail he likes to say he has “10 years of public service experience.” I knew that was a lie while working for him, but I also was surprised he would say it. Not because it was a lie, but because 10 years of public service work experience at 41 was embarrassing to me. Using this as a way to credential yourself for the U.S. Senate, as someone who didn’t work a real job until 31 was deeply out of touch. I started working in lawn care everyday after school and during long summer days when I was 8 or so years old.
— Jordan Domingue (@DomingueJordan) September 29, 2026
He was also hard on himself. “I regret and feel shame for excusing antisemitism and for not leaving sooner,” he told the Enjoyer.
The Enjoyer reported that the campaign offered Domingue money to sign a separation agreement when he left, and that he refused. PJ Media quoted him explaining why: “I wanted to warn people about Abdul, but it wouldn’t be right to do so after taking their money.”
A broken relationship goes public
In August, after El-Sayed posted about Vice President JD Vance’s wife, Usha, Domingue went further. “This project for a Trump but team D, will fail, and I personally will have no part in it,” he wrote on X, as reported by RedState, citing the Detroit News.
His newest posts are more personal. According to the Gateway Pundit, Domingue says El-Sayed “pushed multiple staff to tears.” He claims El-Sayed’s boast of “10 years of public service experience” is false. And he describes the candidate’s tough-guy image as an act, calling him “a coward pretending to be a bully.”
What El-Sayed’s side says
The El-Sayed campaign disputed Domingue’s claims when the Enjoyer first reported them in April and did not answer follow-up questions. None of the outlets covering his newest posts included a response from the campaign. Domingue’s personal stories about the candidate have not been independently confirmed.
Why it matters
Michigan’s Senate seat is open because Democrat Gary Peters is not seeking a third term. The race is close. An Emerson College poll taken September 12 to 14 had El-Sayed at 48% and Rogers at 46%, within the margin of error. A Fox News poll in August had Rogers ahead by 4 points.
In a race that tight, a few thousand Democrats who are uneasy with El-Sayed could decide the outcome. That is exactly who Rogers is courting.
The bottom line
Staffers fall out with candidates all the time. But this is not a disgruntled intern. This is the Marine veteran who stood next to El-Sayed for years, saw him in private, and walked away from money so he could speak freely. When a person in that position says the candidate would put civilians at risk, Michigan voters should listen.
El-Sayed deserves to answer these claims directly. So far, his campaign has offered a denial and little else. Voters should ask him, on the record, about Iron Dome, about Iran, and about the people who worked closest to him.
For Democrats who have never voted Republican, Domingue offers a simple example: party loyalty is not worth backing a candidate you believe is dangerous. In a seat this close, every one of those votes counts.