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Despite substantial opposition and a relative lack of funding, Abdul El-Sayed surprised the nation with a narrow win on August 4th in Michigan's Democratic Party Primary over Haley Stevens and will run in November against Republican Mike Rogers for Senator. His 743K votes represented 48.5% of the total votes. Michigan has 8.38 million registered voters, according to the Michigan Voter Information Center, so this was no landslide that points to a win in the general election. R

Ismaili Center Houston - Eastern Side One of the best things about Montrose is the diversity of its population. This old neighborhood is located very close to downtown Houston. It runs between the Southwest Freeway and Buffalo Bayou and between Shepherd and Taft Street (for part and then a series of streets moving to the east towards Bagby). The Ismaili Center Houston, the first Ismaili Center in the U.S., is on the edge of Montrose at Montrose Blvd. and W. Dallas St. (2323 A

I was invited to attend a program that I attended today. I was headed to a place that I had never known about, Fabric Forge, on Hillcroft and High Park near Sharpstown. I took the 9 bus, catching it at Milam and Elgin at High Fashion Home, and the bus dropped me off literally right at Fabric Forge. I went from High Fashion to High Park. Fabric Forge, which used to HTX Sewn Goods, is part of Connect Community, and it helps train people to enter the textile manufacturing world.