Aug 06, 20265:35 AM
Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers.
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images and Sarah Rice/Getty Images.
One imagines Mike Rogers has enjoyed a lovely Michigan summer. The GOP Senate candidate was uncontested in his primary for his second straight run, after only narrowly losing to Sen. Elissa Slotkin in 2024. Rogers watched from a distance as Democratic primary candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens took hacksaws to each other under a national spotlight. The Republican has been little more than a hazy object on the horizon for Democrats, a reward, for better or worse, for having survived the hell on earth of the primary.
So who is Mike Rogers?
