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Mike Rogers raises cash with ex-lawmaker who said ‘we can’t make an African American white’

4 September 2026 at 18:24

If Mike Rogers wanted to distance his Senate campaign from the racism and Islamophobia surrounding the race, holding a fundraiser at the home of a former state lawmaker who once said “we can’t make an African American white” was a strange way to go about it.

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Mike Rogers loved data centers until voters didn’t

28 August 2026 at 14:47

Before Mike Rogers called for a one-year moratorium on new data centers in Michigan, he spent months arguing the state should compete for them.

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Mike Rogers weakened housing rules while his family was in the building business

24 August 2026 at 15:01

Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers is pitching deregulation as a path to cheaper housing decades after pushing measures that weakened building safeguards and energy-efficiency standards while his family was in the construction business.

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Mike Rogers’ wife appears to join the anti-Muslim fear campaign ahead of Dearborn hate rally

21 August 2026 at 15:01

An Instagram account that appears to belong to the wife of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers recently reposted a video portraying Muslims as resistant to assimilation and suggesting many view terrorism as a legitimate form of resistance.

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Mike Rogers attacks waste and fraud while taking money from donors linked to both

11 August 2026 at 15:17

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers has made rooting out government fraud a centerpiece of his campaign. But some of the people helping finance his return to Washington have their own histories with fraud.

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So much for ‘anti-cop:’ Sheriff’s deputies line up behind El-Sayed

30 July 2026 at 11:20

A union representing hundreds of Wayne County sheriff’s deputies has endorsed Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate, giving the progressive Democrat an answer to opponents who have sought to portray him as hostile to law enforcement.

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Mike Rogers begs Michiganders for money to ‘protect’ Elon Musk

22 July 2026 at 18:08

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers has found a new reason for Michiganders to open their wallets: He wants them to help protect Elon Musk from congressional accountability.

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Millionaire Mike Rogers says voters blaming Trump for high prices are ‘nuts’

9 July 2026 at 04:59

Millionaire U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers said people who blame President Trump for rising prices have “lost their mind,” dismissing voter concerns about affordability as Michigan families continue to struggle with higher costs.

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Mike Rogers’ cyber fortune could haunt his Senate campaign

16 June 2026 at 18:39

Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers has spent years warning about national security threats, cyberattacks, and the need for tougher oversight of emerging technology.

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UAW endorses Abdul El-Sayed in major boost for Michigan Senate bid

5 June 2026 at 14:43

The United Auto Workers endorsed Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s closely watched U.S. Senate race Friday, giving the progressive former Wayne County health director one of the most coveted labor endorsements in the state less than two months before the Democratic primary.

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AI-doctored photo turns Mike Rogers into a roided-out punchline

3 June 2026 at 19:34

A pro-Mike Rogers political operative tried to celebrate the Republican U.S. Senate candidate’s birthday with an AI-doctored image that made him look like a juiced-up macho fantasy. 

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