{"id":2023090,"date":"2023-09-06T06:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-house-intel-chairman-mike-rogers-launches-run-for-senate-in-michigan\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T06:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T10:24:32","slug":"ex-house-intel-chairman-mike-rogers-launches-run-for-senate-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-house-intel-chairman-mike-rogers-launches-run-for-senate-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Rogers, former House Intel Chairman, enters Michigan Senate race."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-house-intel-chairman-mike-rogers-launches-run-for-senate-in-michigan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2023090&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Rep. Mike Rogers Announces Senate Run in Michigan<\/h2>\n<p>Former Rep. Mike Rogers has\u2062 made\u2064 an \u200dexciting announcement &#8211; he is running for Senate in Michigan! This makes him\u2063 the first high-profile Republican \u2064to vie for \u200cthe seat of retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI).<\/p>\n<p>The GOP field has been relatively \u2064open\u2064 since Stabenow&#8217;s\u2063 announcement eight months ago, \u200dleaving Republicans wondering if they could recruit a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-illinois-dem-helped-biden-cancel-keystone-now-shes-campaigning-on-us-energy-independence\/\" title=\"An Illinois Dem Helped Biden Cancel Keystone. Now, She\u2019s Campaigning on US Energy Independence.\">top-tier candidate<\/a> to challenge the \u200cDemocratic favorite, Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), for\u200c the nomination.<\/p>\n<h3>Rogers&#8217; Change of Heart<\/h3>\n<p>Rogers, who previously served in the House for seven terms, initially dismissed the idea of running \u2064for Senate. Instead, he fueled months of speculation about a \u200bpotential White House bid. However, he has\u2064 now officially changed his mind \u2064and\u200c released \u200ban announcement video on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>In the\u2063 video, Rogers positions himself as a\u200c ready-on-day-one conservative who is determined to challenge the Biden agenda in Washington. &#8220;We can \u2064do better. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m running for the United \u200cStates Senate, to get government out of the way, unleash \u2064American innovation, and take common sense\u200d back to Washington,&#8221; he boldly declares.<\/p>\n<h3>A \u2064Traditional Republican\u2064 in\u2064 a Post-Trump World<\/h3>\n<p>Rogers, who\u200b chaired\u2062 the House Intelligence Committee for four years, is returning \u200bto politics as a\u200d traditional Republican\u200b navigating a post-Trump world. Although he retired from the House in 2015, just before Donald\u2062 Trump \u2063announced his presidential run, Rogers only briefly alluded to Trump in his announcement video.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, \u2063he focused on pressing political \u200dissues such \u200bas \u200cthe \u2063border, President Biden&#8217;s\u2063 handling of the economy, and what he perceives \u2063as an increase in &#8220;social engineering&#8221; in schools. &#8220;I thought I \u2064put politics behind me, \u2062but\u2062 like you, I know something&#8217;s broken. America under Biden and\u200b his cronies \u200bis going \u200din the wrong direction,&#8221; Rogers passionately states.<\/p>\n<h3>A Challenging Race Ahead<\/h3>\n<p>Despite\u200b his familiarity\u200d with \u200bthe state of Michigan, Rogers enters the race\u200d at a disadvantage. No Republican has won \u2063a\u2062 Senate seat in \u2063Michigan since 1994. However, national Republicans see this as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-house-intel-chairman-mike-rogers-launches-run-for-senate-in-michigan\/\" title=\"Mike Rogers, former House Intel Chairman, enters Michigan Senate race.\">potential pickup\u2062 opportunity<\/a>, especially after John James came within 2 points of unseating Sen.\u200d Gary Peters \u200d(D-MI) in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d National Republican Senatorial Committee \u200dhas encouraged Rogers to run, although he may\u200d face competition. Former Republican \u200cRep. Peter Meijer, who voted to \u2063impeach Trump for his role in the \u200cJan. 6 Capitol riot, recently announced the\u2064 formation of an \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/recall-gov-newsom-calls-grow-louder-calif-dems-join-in\/\" title=\"Recall Gov. Newsom calls grow louder, Calif. Dems join in\">exploratory committee<\/a>\u200c for a possible run.<\/p>\n<p>On the Democratic\u200c side, \u2063Rep. Slotkin faces \u200ca primary\u2063 challenge but has establishment backing and a substantial campaign fund. Despite\u200d these challenges, Rogers is \u200dexpected to \u2063leverage his background as \u2062an Army veteran and former FBI special agent investigating organized crime during his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Exciting times lie \u200dahead in the race for the \u200bMichigan Senate seat!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more \u200cfrom The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Other Candidates in the Primary<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to Rogers and Slotkin, a few lesser-known Republicans have entered the primary race, including\u200d Nikki Snyder,\u2063 a member\u200b of the\u200b Michigan \u200dState Board of\u200c Education.<\/p>\n<p>It will be interesting to see how the campaign\u2063 unfolds \u200cand which candidate ultimately \u200dsecures the \u2062nomination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Rep. Mike Rogers, the first prominent Republican, declared his candidacy for the Michigan Senate seat vacated by Sen. Debbie Stabenow. 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