Former Rep. Mike Rogers won Michigan's Republican Senate primary on Tuesday and will fight in November's election for the state's vacant Senate seat.
Rogers served in the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015. During his tenure in Congress, he served as Chairman of the Intelligence Committee.
He faced another former representative, Justin Amash, who aligned himself with more libertarian-leaning politicians. Amash served in office from 2011 to 2021.
Amash left the Republican Party in 2019, criticizing the two-party system in particular. He has also been an outspoken voice against former President Trump, a rarity among elected Republicans.
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Former Rep. Mike Rogers (MI) gestures as he speaks on the second day of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., on July 16, 2024. (Reuters/Jeenah Moon)
He is also Palestinian-American, like many others in Michigan, and has been critical of U.S. funding to Israel. The field of Republican candidates in Michigan was initially much larger, with former Rep. Peter Meijer also running, but earlier this year he dropped out.
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Businessman Sandy Pensler recently suspended his campaign for the nomination and endorsed front-runner Rogers at a Trump rally in Michigan. Trump endorsed Rogers in the March primary.
Rep. Justin Amash, Independent of Michigan, is seen on the steps of the House Chamber of the Capitol on Friday, March 27, 2020. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Rogers will now face the winner of Tuesday's Democratic primary in November's general election, in what will be a crucial race to determine whether Republicans hold on to their Senate majority and by how many seats. The nonpartisan political forecaster Cook Political Report called the race “unpredictable” along with races in Montana, Ohio and Nevada.
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