{"id":2646770,"date":"2026-08-19T06:22:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-democrats-turn-to-mike-rogers-in-michigan-senate-race\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T06:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T10:24:50","slug":"jewish-democrats-turn-to-mike-rogers-in-michigan-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-democrats-turn-to-mike-rogers-in-michigan-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Democrats turn to Mike Rogers in 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%2Fjewish-democrats-turn-to-mike-rogers-in-michigan-senate-race%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=2646770&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>Mike Rogers, a republican senator from Michigan and close ally of former President Trump, is actively seeking support among Jewish Democrats in his campaign against Democratic candidate Abdul el Sayed.Rogers is deploying targeted outreach efforts, including campaign signs and campaigns featuring Jewish Democrats, to appeal to voters disappointed with el Sayed\u2019s perceived socialist policies and his stance on Israel. A recent ad features a Jewish woman expressing her shift from voting Democrat to supporting Rogers, emphasizing the importance of shared values over party loyalty. Despite el Sayed\u2019s insurgent primary victory and past anti-Israel rhetoric, he has attempted to reassure Jewish voters of his commitment to their safety. The Michigan race is extremely close, with important Jewish voter participation influencing the outcome.Rogers\u2019s outreach underscores a broader strategy to sway Democratic voters and secure support amidst concerns over el Sayed\u2019s positions. The election is part of a highly competitive contest to replace retiring Senator Gary Peters, with recent polls indicating a tight race.  <\/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<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republican <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-rogers\/\">Mike Rogers<\/a> is making a play for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4678908\/rogers-appeals-democrats-turned-off-el-sayed-home-with-us\/\">Jewish Democrats<\/a> in his battleground Michigan Senate race and is, to at least some degree, making gains against Democratic rival and staunch Israel critic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/abdul-el-sayed\/\">Abdul el Sayed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers, the close ally to President Donald Trump who narrowly lost in 2024 to now-Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), is deploying \u201cDemocrats for Mike Rogers\u201d yard signs and enlisting the help of longtime Jewish Democrats for campaign ads and fundraising.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4691879\/meet-the-10-members-with-ongoing-ethics-investigations\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Meet the 10 members with ongoing ethics investigations<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4691366\/mike-rogers-jewish-democrats-support-against-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mike Rogers gains support from Jewish Democrats in battle with Israel critic Abdul el Sayed<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4691650\/dan-sullivan-mary-peltola-advance-alaska-senate-primary\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Sullivan and Peltola advance in Alaska Senate primary, setting up November showdown<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The strategy is part of a broader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4678908\/rogers-appeals-democrats-turned-off-el-sayed-home-with-us\/\">appeal by Rogers to Democrats<\/a> who may be turned off by el Sayed\u2019s proximity to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/socialism\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"510\">socialist<\/a> figures and policies following his insurgent primary triumph over establishment-backed Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI).<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you\u2019re among the majority of Democratic voters that woke up on Wednesday feeling, well, hopeless, because the person who won does not represent your values, well, just know there is still hope,\u201d Rogers said in a video released the morning after el Sayed\u2019s win earlier this month. \u201cYou have a home with us. The fight is far greater than just Left vs. Right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rogers\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeRogersForMI\/status\/2089692454333145244?s=20\">latest campaign ad<\/a>, released Tuesday, featured a woman wearing a Star of David necklace who described herself as a \u201cpissed off\u201d and \u201clifelong\u201d Democrat. Identified only by her first name, Chelsea from West Bloomfield, she rattles off Stevens, Slotkin, former President Barack Obama, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the Democrats she\u2019s voted for in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow, I\u2019m voting for Mike Rogers,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is no longer \u2018vote blue no matter who.\u2019 We need to wake up and realize that it\u2019s not party over everything. We need to vote for the candidates that actually share our values.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next week, a trio of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/jewishinsider.com\/2026\/08\/abdul-el-sayed-mike-rogers-michigan-senate-jewish-outreach\/\">prominent Jewish Democrats<\/a>, including the president of the Jewish Federation of Detroit, will host a fundraiser for Rogers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe feel this is a departure in the direction of the Democratic Party,\u201d Hannan Lis, one of its organizers, told <em>Jewish Insider<\/em> of el Sayed\u2019s Israel opposition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The el Sayed campaign did not respond to a request for comment about the criticism or Rogers\u2019s increased outreach to Democratic Jewish voters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 100,000 Jewish adults are <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/ajpp.brandeis.edu\/documents\/2020\/mijewishelectorate.pdf\">estimated to live in Michigan<\/a>, representing about 1.4% of the electorate. Roughly two-thirds align with Democrats. In 2024, Slotkin bested Rogers by only 0.3%, or just over 20,000 votes out of nearly 5.4 million votes. Rogers and el Sayed are vying to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And el Sayed\u2019s past anti-<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"219\">Israel<\/a> rhetoric, including dodging questions about whether he believes the Jewish state has the right to exist, appears to be jeopardizing the longtime Democratic support from the voting bloc. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/polls\/michigan-us-senate-election-polls-2026.html?eafs_enabled=false\">Recent polling<\/a> shows the contest is virtually neck-and-neck, with many survey results within the margins of error.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4688333\/jon-ossoff-georgias-first-jewish-senator-faces-angry-jewish-voters\/\">JON OSSOFF, GEORGIA\u2019S FIRST JEWISH SENATOR, FACES ANGRY JEWISH VOTERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El Sayed seemed to acknowledge underlying concerns among Jewish voters and offered a \u201ccommitment to Jewish safety\u201d in a post-primary speech urging party unity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want you to know that my commitment to your safety, my commitment to Jewish safety, is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters,\u201d el Sayed said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Rogers targets Jewish Democrats in Michigan race, gains ground<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2646771,"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\/2026\/08\/image-collage-ozqiasp98-1787073913976-e1787074194321.jpg?1787071753&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[40570,37975,49021,37696,35736],"class_list":["post-2646770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-jewish-democrats","tag-michigan-politics","tag-michigan-senate","tag-mike-rogers","tag-political-endorsements"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-collage-ozqiasp98-1787073913976-e1787074194321.jpg?1787071753&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646770","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=2646770"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2646773,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2646770\/revisions\/2646773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2646771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2646770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2646770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2646770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}