{"id":2023267,"date":"2023-09-06T11:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T15:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-land-top-recruit-in-battleground-senate-election-2\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T11:14:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T15:14:26","slug":"republicans-land-top-recruit-in-battleground-senate-election-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-land-top-recruit-in-battleground-senate-election-2\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Secures Key Candidate in Crucial Senate Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Frepublicans-land-top-recruit-in-battleground-senate-election-2%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=2023267&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 Congressman Mike Rogers Announces Senate Campaign<\/h2>\n<p>Former Republican congressman <strong>Mike Rogers<\/strong> has officially announced his campaign for \u2062Michigan&#8217;s open U.S. Senate seat. This announcement\u2062 has made \u200chim the first high-profile Republican to enter the race to \u200breplace the retiring\u200b Sen. Debbie \u2062Stabenow (D-MI). Rogers, a U.S. Army veteran and former congressman,\u2063 aims to help American families &#8220;get back \u200con track&#8221; after\u200d facing the challenges \u200dof \u200dPresident Joe Biden&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m running \u200cfor the United States\u200b Senate to get America back on track.<\/p>\n<p>Join the fight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3RrGooJBJx\">pic.twitter.com\/3RrGooJBJx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersForMI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeRogersForMI\/status\/1699364477022404754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rogers, who represented Michigan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-democrat-congressman-urges-kamala-to-come-to-border-as-trump-visit-looms-on-horizon\/\" title=\"Texas Democrat Congressman Urges Kamala To Come To Border As Trump Visit Looms On Horizon\">8th congressional district<\/a> from 2001 to\u200d 2015 and \u2062chaired the House Intelligence Committee from 2011 \u2063to 2015, brings\u200b a \u200dwealth of experience to the \u2063table. \u2062As a former FBI special agent focused on organized crime, he understands the importance of national security.\u2064 After leaving Congress,\u2062 Rogers founded cyber security companies\u2064 to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hope-as-a-christian-kenosha-pastor-wants-rittenhouse-convicted\/\" title=\"\u2018Hope As A Christian\u2019: Kenosha Pastor Wants Rittenhouse Convicted\">protect small businesses<\/a> from\u200c cyber threats, particularly those originating from China.<\/p>\n<p>National Republicans have expressed their support for Rogers in the primary. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), Chairman \u200cof the National Republican Senatorial\u2062 Committee, believes Rogers is \u200dthe ideal candidate to appeal to suburban Michiganders and strengthen the party&#8217;s\u200d ticket in Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mike Rogers \u2064has devoted his life \u200cto\u200c serving\u2063 the people of Michigan and holding communist China accountable,&#8221; said Daines. \u200c&#8221;I am pleased to\u2064 see Mike stepping up to run for the U.S.\u2063 Senate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The likely Democratic opponent\u200b in Michigan will be Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), who has already entered the race and is\u200d expected\u2062 to secure the nomination. Democrats have held both \u200cMichigan Senate seats since 2001, but this race is considered one of their potential losses in 2024. With just a two-seat majority in the U.S. \u200bSenate, Democrats must retain the Michigan seat to maintain control of the upper chamber. Additionally,\u200b Michigan is expected\u2064 to be a key battleground in the presidential contest, making \u200ca\u200d strong ticket crucial for both parties.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers joins three other \u2064lesser-known Republicans who\u200d have declared their candidacy, including Michigan\u2064 State Board of Education member Nikki Snyder, businessman Michael Hoover, and attorney Alexandria Taylor, \u200da former Democrat. \u200cHowever, more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-packs-schedule-with-rallies-before-midterms-in-key-states\/\" title=\"Trump Packs Schedule With Rallies Before Midterms in Key States\">high-profile candidates<\/a> are expected to\u2062 join the race.<\/p>\n<p>Former Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI), who\u200d formed an exploratory committee last week, and former Detroit Police\u2063 Chief James Craig, a likely \u2064candidate for the seat, are among those\u2064 considering a run.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers is determined to shift the focus of the Senate towards pressing issues, such as\u200b China&#8217;s exploitation of American businesses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Politics has gotten so small and so petty. We&#8217;re failing \u2064to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-land-top-recruit-in-battleground-senate-election-2\/\" title=\"GOP Secures Key Candidate in Crucial Senate Race\">address\u2063 big problems<\/a>,&#8221; Rogers emphasized. \u200d&#8221;Families are struggling, \u200dbut politicians are fighting over banning\u2062 gas stoves while \u2064China is \u2064stealing our intellectual property and our jobs, and Biden is letting them do it. We can do better.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Republican congressman Mike Rogers announced his bid for Michigan&#8217;s open U.S. Senate seat, making him the leading candidate for what may be the most fiercely contested race. Rogers is the first prominent Republican to enter the race to succeed Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), who is retiring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2023268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}