Former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers considering GOP Senate run

Former Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers is "strongly considering" a tally for U.S. Senate. Rogers would beryllium moving to capable the spot that volition beryllium near vacant by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., whose word ends successful January 2027.

Rogers released a connection connected the imaginable senatorial bid connected his X relationship connected Thursday. The erstwhile GOP lawmaker highlighted his narration with President Donald Trump and the "support" helium has received from Michiganders.

"I’ve spent the past 2 years traveling crossed Michigan with the enactment of President Trump and millions of voters," Rogers wrote connected X. "What I learned much than thing is that hard-working Michiganders merit beardown and honorable practice that volition person President Trump’s back."

Rogers is simply a one-time FBI peculiar cause who aboriginal served arsenic seat of the House Intelligence Committee during his tenure successful Congress. A one-time GOP professional of Trump who mulled a White House tally of his ain successful 2024, Rogers became a beardown protagonist of the then-Republican statesmanlike nominee and won his endorsement.

In 2024, Rogers ran for US Senate and narrowly mislaid to now-Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who worked successful some erstwhile President George W. Bush and erstwhile President Barack Obama’s administrations.

Michigan Republican U.S. Senate candidate, erstwhile U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., speaks alongside Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Donald Trump during a run lawsuit hosted by Trump astatine the Falk Productions manufacturing installation connected Sept. 27, 2024 successful Walker, Mich. ( Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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On Tuesday, Peters announced successful a societal media station that helium would not question re-election, leaving a Senate spot open.

"Serving Michigan successful the Congress has been the grant of my life. I'm everlastingly grateful for the accidental the radical of my location authorities person fixed me," the two-term legislator and erstwhile congressman wrote.

Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., attends a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee markup successful the Dirksen Building, March 15, 2023.

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Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is reportedly taking a "serious look" astatine throwing his chapeau successful the ring, according to Axios.

"Pete is exploring each of his options connected however helium tin beryllium adjuvant and proceed to serve," a idiosyncratic adjacent to Buttigieg told Axios.

Prior to becoming a subordinate connected the nationalist stage, Buttigieg served arsenic politician of South Bend, Indiana. In 2022, Buttigieg announced his family’s program to determination to his husband’s location authorities of Michigan.

Then-Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks during a property league connected June 28, 2021, successful New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

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"Moving to Chasten’s hometown of Traverse City allowed them to beryllium person to his parents, which became particularly important to them aft they adopted their twins, often relying connected Chasten’s parents for assistance with childcare," a spokesperson for then-Transportation Secretary Buttigieg told The Hill astatine the time.

In 2026, Michigan voters volition look 2 large choices: selecting a caller legislator and a caller governor. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is not eligible to tally again owed to the state’s word limits. Whitmer was archetypal elected successful 2018 and past re-elected successful 2022. Her existent word volition extremity connected Jan. 1, 2027.