Politico: Former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers jumps into Michigan Senate race

[brooklynite]

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.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/06/former-gop-rep-mike-rogers-jumps-into-michigan-senate-race-00114151

[UrbanProspector]

1. So how is any person in the GOP

a moderate?
Dems need to hammer him on the rights of women, and how he is tied to the ankle of Hair Furor.
Michigan and everywhere else must vote blue no matter who or our rights as free citizens will be taken away by the GOP.

[SouthernDem4ever]

2. Exactly. Now isn't the time to play politics

Our entire society is at stake and not ONE repug can be trusted with it.