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A Rhodes scholar who cites economist Adam Smith in making his case about the need for more regulation and taxation, El-Sayed would be the first Muslim senator if elected this fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
The former L.A. mayor, a bilingual Rhodes scholar and striving son of a famed district attorney, hadn’t planned to be here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
The auditor studied political science and economics at the University of Mississippi and was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
He then traveled to Oxford University, where he spent the next two years as a Rhodes scholar.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
Was graduated from University of Arkansas, 1925; as a Rhodes scholar from Oxford University, England, 1928; and from law department of George Washington University, Washington, D.C.,
From Arkansas Governors and United States Senators by John L. (John Lewis) Ferguson
