Michigan GOP Senate candidate Rogers avoids MAGA label

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 26 Oct, 18:31 · Archive

Republican Mike Rogers, running for Michigan Senate, declined to say whether he considers himself a MAGA Republican when asked on NBC News.

Republican Mike Rogers, the GOP's Michigan Senate candidate, declined to answer directly when asked on NBC News' 'Meet the Press' whether he considers himself a MAGA Republican, calling the question 'disgusting'. He criticised national press coverage instead, highlighting what he said were defections of supporters from Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.

Rogers has calibrated his campaign to appeal to both Trump supporters and swing voters in Michigan. He has called for an end to military involvement in Iran and touted his relationship with Trump as leverage to address the president's tariffs on Canada, which have affected the state. Simultaneously, he has sought to capitalise on Democratic discomfort with El-Sayed by courting black and Jewish voters traditionally aligned with Democrats.

EL-Sayed has faced public declarations of non-support from Michigan Democratic figures, including Lon Johnson, the former state party chairman from 2013 to 2015. Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens told CNN that Rogers campaigns rigorously in Detroit, with Stevens and other Michigan Democrats expressing alarm at his efforts to win over black voters who have historically formed a core part of the Democratic coalition.

How it is being reported

• Trump's Michigan Senate pick Mike Rogers runs a mile from MAGA and cites earpiece malfunction during excruciating grillingIs Trump-backed Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers a MAGA Republican?Daily Mail · 26 Oct, 18:21
• GOP Mich. Senate hopeful Mike Rogers dodges whether he’s ‘MAGA Republican’Throughout his campaign, Rogers has worked to carefully thread the needle between courting President Trump's supporters and not scaring off swing voters in Michigan.New York Post · 25 Oct, 21:25

In this story: Mike Rogers · Donald Trump · Abdul El-Sayed · Michigan · Haley Stevens

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