{"id":2023481,"date":"2023-09-06T14:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-gop-rep-mike-rogers-launches-campaign-to-take-back-critical-michigan-senate-seat\/"},"modified":"2023-09-06T14:29:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T18:29:53","slug":"former-gop-rep-mike-rogers-launches-campaign-to-take-back-critical-michigan-senate-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-gop-rep-mike-rogers-launches-campaign-to-take-back-critical-michigan-senate-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-GOP Rep Mike Rogers Aims to Reclaim Key Michigan Senate Seat"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fformer-gop-rep-mike-rogers-launches-campaign-to-take-back-critical-michigan-senate-seat%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=2023481&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\u2063 Rep. Mike Rogers Announces Candidacy for U.S. Senate<\/h2>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.example.com\/image.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Rogers\"><br \/>\n    <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Former Michigan congressman\u200b Mike Rogers (R.) made an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gina-carano-tears-up-when-daily-wire-backstage-audience-delivers-standing-ovation\/\" title=\"Gina Carano Tears Up When Daily Wire Backstage Audience Delivers Standing Ovation\">exciting announcement<\/a> on Wednesday &#8211; \u200dhe is running for the\u2062 U.S. Senate in 2024!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought I put politics behind me. But like you, I know something&#8217;s broken,&#8221; Rogers passionately\u2062 expressed in his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeRogersForMI\/status\/1699364477022404754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1699364477022404754%7Ctwgr%5E2f3dea442ddc8349c615a149507564fcf275f0ea%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fformer-rep-mike-rogers-launches-republican-senate-campaign-open-senate-seat-battleground-michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-newest-political-crush-is-privileged-harvard-grad-who-pointed-gun-at-unarmed-black-man\/\" title=\"Democrats\u2019 Newest Political Crush Is \u2018Privileged\u2019 Harvard Grad Who Pointed Gun at Unarmed Black Man\">campaign announcement video<\/a><\/a>. &#8220;America under Biden and his cronies is going in the wrong direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rogers wasted no time in criticizing President Joe Biden \u200dand other politicians for their failure to address significant\u2064 issues \u2064such as inflation, the border crisis, and \u2064Chinese aggression.<\/p>\n<p>With an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-gop-rep-mike-rogers-launches-campaign-to-take-back-critical-michigan-senate-seat\/\" title=\"Ex-GOP Rep Mike Rogers Aims to Reclaim Key Michigan Senate Seat\">impressive political background<\/a>, \u200bRogers served seven terms as a U.S. representative for central Michigan and even chaired the House Intelligence\u2064 Committee before retiring in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s\u200b not all &#8211; Rogers also brings valuable expertise\u200b in cybersecurity, where he worked tirelessly to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-worked-closely-with-the-fbi-and-dhs-to-police-disinformation\/\" title=\"Big Tech Worked Closely With The FBI And DHS To Police \u201cDisinformation\u201d\">combat foreign threats<\/a>, particularly from China.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers&#8217;s \u2063decision to run for \u200dthe Senate comes after longtime Democratic senator Debbie Stabenow\u2062 announced her retirement, creating an \u2062open Senate seat in Michigan. Republican sources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-rep-mike-rogers-launches-republican-senate-campaign-open-senate-seat-battleground-michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that the National Republican Senatorial Committee played a significant role in persuading Rogers to enter the race.<\/p>\n<p>On the Democratic side, Rep. Elissa Slotkin has already declared her candidacy, making her a likely nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Rogers&#8217;s entry into the race has the potential to make Republicans highly competitive in Michigan as they strive \u200dto regain a Senate majority in 2024. With just one or \u200dtwo\u2062 seats to flip, depending \u200bon the outcome of \u200dthe presidential election, the GOP is determined to make a strong\u200c comeback.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Michigan congressman Mike Rogers (R.) declared his 2024 Senate candidacy, expressing concern over the current state of America under President Biden. In his campaign video, Rogers acknowledged his initial intention to leave politics but emphasized the need for change, stating that something is fundamentally broken and the country is heading in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2109,"featured_media":2023482,"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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2023481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/2023481","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\/2109"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2023481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2023481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2023482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2023481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2023481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2023481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}