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Nov 3, 2026

Michigan - United States Senate

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Abdul El-Sayed
Abdul El-Sayed
Democrat · Age 42

Former Wayne County health director. Won the August 4 Democratic primary over Rep. Haley Stevens with 48.5% of the vote, backed by Bernie Sanders and the UAW.

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Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
Republican · Age 63

Former FBI agent and House Intelligence chair. Lost this race by 0.3 points in 2024; running again with Trump's endorsement.

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Who's ahead? CookTOSS-UPSabatoLEAN DDDHQTOSS-UP
Ratings: Cook Political Report (Oct 6), Sabato’s Crystal Ball (Sept 22), Decision Desk HQ (Aug 5). Source → Sabato Sept 22 update →
El-Sayed
47
Rogers
40
Suffolk University, likely voters, released Sept 22. The Hill/Emerson had El-Sayed up 48–46 → Released Sept 22

Where they stand

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ROGERS SAYS
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Money & campaign finance

Where each candidate stands on campaign-finance questions.

EL-SAYED
ROGERS
Yes Ban Congress from trading stocks No
No Takes corporate PAC money Yes

Corporate PAC sources: El-Sayed: has never accepted corporate PAC money (NPR) · Rogers: American Express PAC $5,000 (Michigan Advance)

Fundraising
RAISEDCASH ON HANDUNDER-$200 DONORS
Abdul El-Sayed
$14.5M$2.6M29% of receipts
Mike Rogers
$10.9M$4.5M20% of receipts

Campaign committee totals for the 2025–26 cycle, through July 15, 2026. Under-$200 share is unitemized individual contributions divided by total receipts. FEC filings →

Their big promises

EL-SAYED'S PITCH
Take on the billionaires
Medicare for All, anti-corruption, and a break with corporate money in politics.
ROGERS'S TOP 3
Bring back Michigan jobs
Back the administration's tariffs and tax cuts to rebuild auto manufacturing.
Secure the border
Full support for immigration enforcement and finishing the wall.
National security experience
A former FBI agent and House Intelligence chair on China, cyber, and defense.

Agree or differ?

Protect the Great Lakes & clean water
Everyone in this race campaigns on Great Lakes funding and PFAS cleanup
AGREE
No cuts to Social Security or Medicare
All candidates say the programs are off the table — they differ on who threatens them
AGREE
Trump's tariffs
Rogers: defends them as leverage for auto jobs · El-Sayed: blames them for rising prices on Michigan families
DIFFER
Extend ACA health-insurance subsidies
El-Sayed: yes · Rogers: sides with his party against the extension
DIFFER
Abortion
El-Sayed: codify abortion rights federally · Rogers: says leave it to the states; opposed Michigan's 2022 amendment
DIFFER
ICE & mass deportations
Rogers: expand enforcement · El-Sayed: abolish and replace ICE
DIFFER

Their stories

THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
2025Sen. Gary Peters announces his retirement in January; Pete Buttigieg passes on the race.
2025A crowded contest forms: El-Sayed, Stevens and state Sen. Mallory McMorrow each raise millions.
2026Endorsements split the party: Sanders and the UAW for El-Sayed, Stabenow for Stevens.
JulyMcMorrow withdraws, leaving a tight two-way race.
Aug 4El-Sayed wins with 48.5% of the vote; Stevens concedes.
MIKE ROGERS
1963Born in Livingston County; Army officer, then FBI special agent in Chicago.
2001Seven terms in the U.S. House; chaired the Intelligence Committee.
2024Lost the Senate race to Elissa Slotkin by 0.3 points — Michigan's closest ever.
2026Running again with Trump's endorsement; the only candidate on the Republican primary ballot.

The backstory

Democratic Sen. Gary Peters is not running for a third term, so the seat is open. It is the only open Democratic-held Senate seat this year in a state Donald Trump won in 2024. Republicans haven’t won a Senate race in Michigan since 1994.

Mike Rogers, a former congressman, is running again after losing the 2024 Senate race to Elissa Slotkin by about 19,000 votes. He was the only candidate on the Republican primary ballot and has Trump’s endorsement.

Abdul El-Sayed, a doctor and former Wayne County health director, won a bruising Democratic primary on August 4 with 48.5% of the vote. He narrowly beat Rep. Haley Stevens, even though groups backing her outspent his side on TV several times over. Mallory McMorrow dropped out in July and then endorsed him. If elected, he would be the first Muslim U.S. senator.

The race could help decide which party controls the Senate.

Sources

  1. Abdul El-Sayed for Senate · campaign website
  2. Mike Rogers for Senate · campaign website
  3. 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan · Wikipedia (primary results, ratings)
  4. Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan’s Democratic primary for Senate · NPR, Aug 5, 2026
  5. Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary · Bridge Michigan
  6. How Abdul El-Sayed turned an improbable Senate run into a political rise · Detroit Metro Times
  7. Former Michigan health officer Abdul El-Sayed enters Senate race · Associated Press
  8. Federal Election Commission · candidate fundraising summaries
Positions summarized from campaign websites, voting records, and news reports · September 2026
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