GOP former Rep. Mike Rogers launches one other Michigan Senate run
Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., launched one other marketing campaign for the Senate on Monday, changing into the primary main Republican candidate to leap into one of the crucial aggressive races of the 2026 midterm elections.
The Michigan race is predicted to be key to the battle for the Senate, with Republicans trying to develop their majority. With Sen. Gary Peters retiring, Democrats will probably be defending an open Senate seat.
Rogers is operating once more after he misplaced to Democrat Elissa Slotkin final 12 months. Slotkin defeated Rogers by lower than half a proportion level at the same time as Donald Trump received the state by 1 level.
The Rogers marketing campaign invoked Trump in a information launch asserting his run, saying Rogers “will probably be an ally for President Trump and champion for Michigan,” however it’s not clear but whether or not he may have Trump’s endorsement. Rogers earned Trump’s endorsement in a crowded major final 12 months round six months after he launched his marketing campaign.
And he would possibly face a contested major once more.
Tudor Dixon, the occasion’s 2022 nominee for governor, has been weighing campaigns for governor or the Senate. GOP Rep. Invoice Huizenga additionally instructed Fox Information over the weekend that he’s contemplating operating.
The Democratic major can be anticipated to be hotly contested.
State Sen. Mallory McMorrow launched her marketing campaign final week, changing into the primary main Democratic candidate within the race. Rep. Haley Stevens is contemplating a Senate run. And Abdul El-Sayed, who stepped down because the Wayne County well being director final week, is weighing a run and instructed the Detroit Free Press that he would resolve “throughout the subsequent couple of weeks.”
Rogers was first elected to the Home in 2000 after having served within the state Senate. A former FBI agent, Rogers was chairman of the Home Intelligence Committee and didn’t run for re-election final 12 months.
