Former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers jumps into Michigan Senate race

[Credence]

Former Rep. Mike Rogers, a GOP moderate who once chaired the House Intelligence Committee, launched a bid Wednesday for Michigan’s open Senate seat.

Rogers, who served in Congress for 14 years, was recruited by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. His decision to enter the race gives GOP leaders a credible candidate in a state where they had been struggling to secure a strong recruit.


Michigan’s Senate race could determine who controls the narrowly divided chamber in 2025, though Republicans haven’t won a Senate seat in the state since 2004. Democrats’ dominance in the state legislature and governor’s mansion have further reduced the GOP’s footprint in the state.

The incumbent, Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, announced she would retire earlier this year. Many top Democrats quickly coalesced around Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) but actor Hill Harper is also running. Republicans need to flip just two seats to win back control of the Senate if they don’t win the White House.

Former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers jumps into Michigan Senate race

The moderate gives Republicans a credible candidate for an open seat.

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[Callen]

He will make one formidable candidate. If the GOP would run candidates like him nationally they could definitely take the WH in 2024. An excellent chance this is a Senate seat the Dems lose.

 

[Exquisitor]

Oh, I think I like him, let's vote Republican honey.

 

[mrjurrs]

Former Rep. Mike Rogers, a GOP moderate who once chaired the House Intelligence Committee, launched a bid Wednesday for Michigan’s open Senate seat.

Rogers, who served in Congress for 14 years, was recruited by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. His decision to enter the race gives GOP leaders a credible candidate in a state where they had been struggling to secure a strong recruit.


Michigan’s Senate race could determine who controls the narrowly divided chamber in 2025, though Republicans haven’t won a Senate seat in the state since 2004. Democrats’ dominance in the state legislature and governor’s mansion have further reduced the GOP’s footprint in the state.

The incumbent, Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow, announced she would retire earlier this year. Many top Democrats quickly coalesced around Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) but actor Hill Harper is also running. Republicans need to flip just two seats to win back control of the Senate if they don’t win the White House.

Former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers jumps into Michigan Senate race

The moderate gives Republicans a credible candidate for an open seat.

www.politico.com

So what? He's a standard elected R.
Q- How do you feel about Jan 6. 'Trump was bad, he shouldn't have done those things.'
Q-If Trump is the nominee, will you support him? 'Well, if he's the nominee of the party I'll support him.'

 

[Callen]

Dems will mock him at their own peril. He is very well liked in MI and served seven terms as Congressman, a veteran, a former FBI agent and the former head of the Armed Services Committee.