Former Mike Rogers, a former parliament, is “strongly considering the second Republican driving for the Senate in an important battlefield in Michigan.
Rogers announces two days after the two -day Democratic Senator Gary Peters announced that he would not be re -elected in the middle of 2026. A majority of Republican members.
Rogers won the GOP Senator in 2024 in Michigan, but in the Democratic election last November, he was a long -time member of the Senator Debbie Stabenou, a member of the Senator Debbie Stavenou, and is a Democratic candidate. He was slightly defeated by Erissa Slotkin. Slotkin, who overtook Rogers, broke him with about 19,000 votes or one -third percent points.
Rogers, 61, created news with social media statements released on Thursday and spotlighted the relationship between President Donald Trump and Mishigans.
Gary Peter, a member of the Democratic Senator of Trump, does not require re -election
Former Republican Republican Republican member of the Republican Representative of Michigan coordinated with President Donald Trump, President of the Republican Party, at a campaign event hosted by Trump at a folk production manufacturer facility held in Walker, Michigan on September 27, 2024. I am doing it. (Scottorson/Getty Image)
Rogers was a former FBI special agent and later served as chairman of the House of Representatives Information Committee while in charge of parliament. Rogers, a former GOP Trump critic who pondered the White House's running in 2024, later became a powerful supporter of the Republican presidential candidate at the time and gained his support last year.
“I traveled to Michigan, with the support of President Trump and millions of voters for the past two years,” Rogers wrote on Thursday's social media posts. “I learned more than anything else is that diligent Michigan is worthy of a strong and honest expression with President Trump's back.”
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Rogers pointed out his 2024 show, “I have received more votes since I got more votes than other Republican candidates who ran for the Senate in Michigan. Our mission has just proven to send a real fighter.
He and his wife, Christie, “I am strongly examined to participate in the battle again to be an ally for President Trump and become a leader suitable for Michigan. Come on. “
Peter, the first member of the House of Representatives, who was first selected as a Senator in 2014, announced that it would not require re -election in social media posts.
“Serving in Michigan in Congress was my honor of my life. I am grateful for the opportunity for my hometown to me forever,” said the Democratic Party Campaign Committee twice in the past. Peters, who piloted in the election cycle, said.
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Peters aimed at the current majority of 53-47 in the Senate, so the Republican Senate (NRSC) plans to make a serious target, re-elected in the middle of 2026. He was one of the three democratic Senator. The other two Democrats are John Ossov members of Georgia and Jeanne Shahen, New Hampshire.
Senator Gary Peter's Senator Michigan, the chairman of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, was interviewed by Fox News Digital on August 19, 2024 at the Democratic Party of Chicago. (Fox News -Paul Stein Hauser)
Rogers is the first Republican member who has made public movements to launch a 2026 Senate campaign in Michigan, but GOP's information is Fox News and other people who are considering running are members of John James. 。 In 2018 and 2020, Michigan, a long -standing member of Bill Whisenga, a former NFL head coach, Tony Dangie.
In the evening of Thursday, Dangey took out his name and wrote to the social media as “No. 1, I live in Florida, not a politician.”
A few hours after Peter's announcement, the competition for the Democratic Senate was developed.
Former Democratic Secretary Pete Battigeg, a Former Democratic President of the Democratic Party, who relocated his residence from Indiana to Michigan several years ago, indicated that he was paid to the Senate's bidding.
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“Pete explores all of his options about how he can help and continue to serve. He is honored to mention this.
Meanwhile, the Democratic government's Greachen Whitmer, the Democratic government in Michigan, immediately took into account.
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“Governor Whitemar is grateful for the service of Senator Peters. She is proudly serving the people of Michigan as the governor and has not ran for this Senate,” she said. The spokesman fought like Hell Pac. on tuesday.
The Democratic Party's Governor Michigan Gretchen Whitemer is limited. Whitmer is seen in the Fox NEWS digital interview held on July 25, 2024 in Dalam, New Hampshire. (Fox News -Paul Stein Hauser)
In response to Peter's news, Chairman NRSC Tim Scott South Carolina said in a statement earlier this week, “Gary Peter is reading the room. For many years, Ignored illegal immigrants and destroyed the state's automobile industry, and Michigan is better without him.” I insisted.
Scott emphasized, “We promise to give them a fighter with President Trump to restore the economic prosperity and safety of our country.”
The Rival Democratic Senate Campaign Committee said, “Even if Trump has acquired the state, the Republican member has won the Michigan State Races in 30 years, including the last cycle of the Democratic Party's open Senate seats. “
DSCC's spokesman, David Barstein, pledged that the Democratic Party will keep this seat in 2026.
Peter's statement said on Tuesday, “I will not vote next year, but I just do not leave. I will select a dynamic Democratic Candidate to become the next US Senator in Michigan. “I will actively conduct a campaign.
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The Senate Democratic Party faced a very difficult map in the 2024 cycle due to the loss of the majority control. And the early reading of the map in 2026 indicates that they will play defense in Michigan, Georgia, and New Hampshire, but they may have several opportunities to participate in attacks.
Senator Susan Collins, Senator GOP in the main state, is surely re -elected in blue. Senator Tom Tiles in North Carolina also won a few in November on the battlefield in 2026.
Fox News's Julia Johnson and Crispandorfo have contributed to this report
