A race that could decide the Senate

Michigan Republican Mike Rogers is locked in a critical race for the state's open Senate seat against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed. Control of the Senate in the next Congress could depend on this race.

The race is essentially tied

A Fox News poll conducted in late September found the race essentially tied among likely voters, with El-Sayed at fifty percent and Rogers at forty-nine percent, well within the poll's margin of error.

Rogers targets Democratic voters

Rogers says he is reaching out to Black and Jewish voters, traditional Democratic constituencies he believes are wary of El-Sayed.

“We are going into what would normally be traditional Democrat coalitions, and we're getting such a great response.”

No polling shows crossover gains

There is no polling to determine if Rogers is actually making gains in those Democratic coalitions. Former President Barack Obama is headed to Detroit on Saturday to campaign with El-Sayed.

Rogers breaks with Trump on economy

When asked if he agreed with Trump's assessment of his economic record, Rogers did not directly answer. Instead he said people are frustrated about prices and inflation, and he is worried about the economy.

“I am really worried. People are so frustrated. They're frustrated about prices. They're frustrated about inflation.”

Canadian tariffs are problematic

Rogers broke with Trump over tariffs on goods from Canada, which shares a border with Michigan.

“The Jeep Cherokee will go across the bridge between Canada and the United States about a dozen times before it's been built.”

Michigan hit hardest by tariffs

According to a study by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, Michigan households are seeing an average additional cost of five thousand six hundred dollars due to tariffs since January twenty twenty-five, the most of any…

Rogers defends poll-watcher comments

Rogers previously said to put retired or off-duty police officers as poll-watchers in Detroit. He defended the statement to ABC News, saying he wants it easy to vote and hard to cheat, and that poll-watchers…

“I want it easy to vote, hard to cheat. That's it.”

Rogers dodges terrorism question

When asked if he believes El-Sayed is a terrorist, Rogers dodged the question and said it is about ideology, not how someone prays. El-Sayed has denied any ties to terrorism and called those characterizations Islamophobic.

“It's not about how you pray, it is not about any of that. It is about how you think, it's about what your ideology is.”