{"id":2348247,"date":"2024-10-01T19:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T23:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cash-floods-michigan-senate-race-to-boost-gops-mike-rogers-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T19:15:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T23:15:10","slug":"cash-floods-michigan-senate-race-to-boost-gops-mike-rogers-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cash-floods-michigan-senate-race-to-boost-gops-mike-rogers-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Cash floods Michigan Senate race to boost GOP&#8217;s Mike Rogers &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fcash-floods-michigan-senate-race-to-boost-gops-mike-rogers-washington-examiner%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=2348247&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--><p>In the Michigan Senate race, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cas-prison-guard-union-gives-1-75m-to-newsoms-anti-recall-committee-after-negotiating-bonuses-and-raises\/\" title=\"CA\u2019s Prison-Guard Union Gives .75M To Newsom\u2019s Anti-Recall Committee After Negotiating Bonuses And Raises\">significant financial support<\/a> is pouring into Republican candidate Mike Rogers&#8217; campaign as he prepares to face Democratic\u200c incumbent\u200b Rep. Elissa Slotkin. With just weeks until the election, conservative super PACs have pledged over $30 million to\u2062 bolster\u2063 Rogers&#8217;s presence in the media landscape, allowing him to compete against the substantial ad \u2062spending from Slotkin&#8217;s campaign, which has \u200calready reached\u2062 $49 million with additional funds reserved. The Senate Leadership Fund and Great Lakes Conservative Fund have significantly contributed to this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rising-violence-in-philadelphia-leads-to-calls-for-da-krasners-ousting\/\" title=\"Rising violence in Philadelphia leads to calls for DA Krasner\u2019s ousting\">campaign effort<\/a>,\u200d with ad campaigns amounting to\u200b over $30 \u2064million. This influx of cash comes after concerns\u200c from Slotkin about the Democratic Party&#8217;s standing\u200d in Michigan, as she \u200breportedly warned donors about potential challenges highlighted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-blasted-for-deflecting-blame-for-crime-wave-by-claiming-gop-defunded-the-police\/\" title=\"Psaki Blasted For Deflecting Blame For Crime Wave By Claiming GOP Defunded The Police\">internal polling<\/a>. While\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-for-our-lives-issue-biden-1-billion-list-of-gun-control-policy-demands\/\" title=\"March For Our Lives Issue Biden  Billion List Of Gun Control Policy Demands\">campaign finance laws<\/a> prevent Rogers \u2064from \u200ddirectly coordinating with these PACs, their financial backing is\u200b crucial in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-know-about-voting-and-candidates-for-the-virginia-2023-election\/\" title=\"Virginia 2023 election: Key facts on voting and candidates.\">tightly contested \u200crace<\/a> that could influence the \u200bcontrol \u200dof the \u2063Senate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Cash floods Michigan Senate race to boost Republican Mike Rogers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1748632\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Tens of millions of dollars are streaming into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Michigan\">Michigan<\/a>&rsquo;s battleground &ldquo;toss-up&rdquo; Senate race for Republican nominee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-rogers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mike Rogers\">Mike Rogers<\/a> just weeks before Election Day as he takes on Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3112914\/battle-set-michigan-senate-seat-slotkin-rogers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elissa Slotkin\">Elissa Slotkin<\/a> (D-MI).<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, has seen north of $30 million pledged from conservative super PACs in recent days to prop up his campaign on the airwaves in the final stretch of a close election that could determine Senate control.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Leadership Fund, aligned with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), and the Great Lakes Conservative Fund have launched ad campaigns worth more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/elections\/republicans-deploy-cash-to-crack-democrats-blue-wall-in-senate-b8a3dd6f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>$22 million<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/10\/01\/michigan-senate-race-rogers-slotkin-super-pac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>$8 million<\/a>, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Although Rogers and his campaign are barred from coordinating with the groups under campaign finance laws, the support will enable him to either keep pace with or surpass Democratic spending for Slotkin as voters prepare to head to the polls.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-vice-presidential-debate-live-updates-vance-walz-cbs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE: VANCE AND WALZ TO GO TOE-TO-TOE IN CBS CONTEST<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ads aired by Democrats for Slotkin so far total $49 million, with at least another $20 million in reservations, per ad-tracking firm AdImpact. Republicans sit at $39 million aired for Rogers so far and another $21 million reserved, though it appeared not all of the latest pledged super PAC money had yet been reserved.<\/p>\n<p>The cash dump came on the heels of Slotkin privately sounding the alarm about Democrats&rsquo; prospects in the Great Lakes State, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/09\/29\/michigan-senate-race-slotkin-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>telling donors<\/a> that Vice President Kamala Harris was &ldquo;underwater&rdquo; in Michigan based on Slotkin&rsquo;s internal polling.<\/p>\n<p>The Slotkin campaign did not respond to a request for comment about her remarks or the influx of conservative ad money against her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former U.S. Rep. and Republican candidate for Michigan Senate Mike Rogers greets supporters at a post-primary election gathering, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, in Lake Orion, Michigan. (AP Photo\/Carlos Osorio)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Slotkin campaign has reacted to the new support for Rogers by highlighting it in email fundraising pitches. One of them warned that &ldquo;Republicans are throwing everything they can at Michigan.&rdquo; Another said McConnell and other Republicans were trying to &ldquo;buy this election for our opponent&rdquo; and requested a $3 donation.<\/p>\n<p>The Rogers campaign celebrated her &ldquo;underwater&rdquo; comments as a &ldquo;terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, Slotkin still appears to have a steady polling edge. Candidates will often amplify the competitiveness of their race as a way to motivate donors and voters, making it difficult to decipher their true level of concern. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Slotkin leads Rogers, backed by former President Donald Trump, by an average of <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/senate\/2024\/michigan\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>nearly 5 points<\/a> in recent surveys. Internal Republican polls have shown the two are far closer and within the margin of error.<\/p>\n<p>The seat is held by longtime Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), who is retiring after nearly 30 years in Congress and a lifelong career in politics. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1748632\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1748632\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cash influx boosts Republican Mike Rogers in Michigan Senate race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2348248,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/campaign-money-floods-michigan-senate-race-mike-rogers.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4119,6203,33558,37696,33642],"class_list":["post-2348247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-cash","tag-gop","tag-michigan-senate-race","tag-mike-rogers","tag-political-funding"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/campaign-money-floods-michigan-senate-race-mike-rogers.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348247","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}