Al-Marsad breaking news channel on WhatsApp reported that Abbas Alawieh won a seat in the US Senate for the state of Michigan. No official confirmation of the result was reported, and no details or vote shares were given. The channel did not state Alawieh's party or whether the election was a general or primary vote. According to the same source, Alawieh is the first Lebanese person to win a seat in the chamber. No source for this claim was mentioned. The channel also reported that Alawieh affirmed his pride in his southern Lebanese roots and named Bint Jbeil, Arnoun, Nabatieh and Hay al-Salam as places he is connected to. Alawieh said, as quoted by the channel: “I am a son of the South, a son of Bint Jbeil, a son of Arnoun, a son of Nabatieh, and I was first raised in Hay al-Salam.”