Abdul El-Sayed was caught on camera shouting at a Sky News journalist as he left a polling centre.
The progressive Democrat, who is running against Mike Rogers in the battleground state of Michigan, said, “I do not care what you think”, when confronted by Sky News’ US correspondent James Matthews.
Mr Matthews spotted Dr El-Sayed in a queue outside a vote centre in Detroit and tried to ask him questions.
However, the 41-year-old placed his hands on the Sky News journalist and told him he would “never” run for office in Britain.
The Democrat asked the reporter, “Are you registered to vote in the state of Michigan?”
When Mr Matthews said he was not, Dr El-Sayed said: “So why would I care to have a conversation with you?.”
He then put his hands on Mr Matthews’s shoulders and said: “You know how many votes I want to get in the UK? Zero. I am never running for office in the UK. I do not care what you think or the questions you ask.”
Mr Matthews replied: “This election matters to the world.”
Dr El-Sayed hit back at the Sky journalist, saying, “I do not care what you think or the questions you ask”.
Mr Matthews then insisted Sky News viewers were “international” when pressed by the Democrat.
Going even further, Dr El-Sayed said: “Sky News is not viewed in the United States of America; it’s only viewed in the UK, as five people watch it here.
He added: “I’ve answered all the questions that I care to answer for viewers of the United Kingdom. I’m going to ask you to stop chasing me around.”
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Dr El-Sayed aims to make history as the first Muslim elected to the Senate.
Their tight Senate race grew more heated over the weekend when US Representative Haley Stevens, who lost the Democratic primary to Dr El-Sayed, switched to backing her Republican rival.
Afterwards, Dr El-Sayed’s campaign said it raised $2.4million on Sunday, its largest single-day fundraising haul, fueled by small-dollar donations.
Dr El-Sayed, an Egyptian American Muslim born in Michigan, has been targeted by President Donald Trump and other Republicans who have questioned his loyalty to the US and baselessly called him a terrorist sympathiser.
The Democrat has called questions about his loyalty to the US “shameful.”
Speaking to Fox News earlier this week, Mr Rogers cast Dr El-Sayed as “just too extreme.”
At a Michigan rally on Monday, Mr Rogers said, “This election was never about how someone prayed. It was always about how you think, what your philosophy and what your ideology is.”
Dr El-Sayed appealed for unity at a campaign rally, saying: “I believe that we have the opportunity to breach those divides, divides of geography, of race, of sexual orientation, gender identity, of faith, to build together what we only can have together.”
Democrats are prepared to take control of both the US House and Senate and challenge President Trump’s legislative agenda.
In an interview with Fox News, President Trump said Democrats would send legislation he considered “insane” to his desk and that he would veto it.
He said: “They’ll send over things that are insane, and I’ll veto them.
“After a couple of months of vetoes, they’ll call and they’ll say, ‘How do we get this stuff done?’ And we’ll work together.”
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