The person behind the name
Mike Rogers’s public career runs from an FBI field office to the Michigan Senate, seven terms in the U.S. House and the chairmanship of the House Intelligence Committee, and now a second campaign for the Senate seat he lost by nineteen thousand votes in 2024.
Rogers was born June 2, 1963, in Livingston County, Michigan, by the official House biography; the campaign’s summary page says he was born in Livonia and raised in Livingston County. He graduated from Howell High School in 1981 and took a B.S. from Adrian College in 1985, served in the United States Army from 1985 to 1989, and was a special agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1989 to 1994. On August 4, 2026 he was the only Republican on the primary ballot for United States Senator and received 883,328 votes; the Board of State Canvassers placed the canvass and certification of the primary on its August 24 agenda. He faces Abdul El-Sayed, who won the Democratic primary with 744,952 votes to Haley Stevens’s 731,160 and Mallory McMorrow’s 61,516, in the November 3 general election. [1][8][9][2][3]
The nomination itself was uncontested. Five candidates filed for the Senate; the Bureau of Elections’ May 20, 2026 staff report reviewed a random sample of 750 signatures from each petition that carried at least 15,000, found a sufficient number valid and recommended that Rogers’s petition be determined sufficient, and the only other Republican filer, Bernadette Smith, who the report says did not submit the minimum 15,000 signatures, is marked disqualified on the official candidate listing. The deadline for recount petitions from the August 4 primary passed on August 26 at 5 p.m. [5][4][60]
Education and professional preparation
The official biography records the two Michigan institutions, Howell High School and Adrian College, and no graduate degree. The campaign says his father was a teacher, coach and vice principal and his mother led the Brighton chamber of commerce, that he served as an Army lieutenant, and that as an FBI agent in Chicago he worked organized-crime and public-corruption cases. After Congress he worked as a consultant and sat on boards of telecommunications and cybersecurity companies, including AT&T, Nokia and Telefónica, and was a CNN host and commentator; state and federal records show he never registered as a lobbyist. [1][8][9][47]
A public life that began in the Michigan Senate
Rogers served in the Michigan Senate from 1995 to 2000 and was majority floor leader in his last two years. In 2000 he won the 8th Congressional District by 160 votes, 145,179 to 145,019 over Dianne Byrum, in the Clerk’s official count, and served from January 3, 2001 to January 3, 2015. He chaired the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the 112th and 113th Congresses and did not seek re-election in 2014. In 2024 he was the Republican nominee for the Senate and lost to Elissa Slotkin, 2,712,686 to 2,693,680. [1][7][6]
A note on residence. Rogers sold his Howell home in 2014, bought a home in Cape Coral, Florida in 2022 and claimed it as his permanent residence for a 2023 tax exemption; he now lives in White Lake Township, Oakland County, where he holds a principal residence exemption, and as of August 24, 2026 he was no longer registered to vote in Florida. The Florida house remains listed for sale. His opponents call him a “Florida man”; his qualification for the ballot is not in question. See the fuller record. [45]
Life & public service
From the FBI and the state Senate to the House Intelligence Committee and two Senate campaigns, the documented milestones show how his record was built.
Born in Livingston County
Born June 2, 1963; Howell High School, 1981; B.S., Adrian College, 1985, per the official House biography. [1]
Sworn in to the 107th Congress
Took office January 3, 2001; served seven terms. [1]
A law with his name on it
The Respect for America’s Fallen Heroes Act, his H.R. 5037, was signed May 29, 2006, one of seven sponsored bills enacted in their own right. [26]
The Washington Post column
Wrote on January 5, 2021 that refusing to recognize state-certified elections without evidence of fraud “is an abdication of the higher responsibility to our Constitution.” [50]
Senate nominee, a 19,006-vote loss
Lost to Elissa Slotkin 2,712,686 to 2,693,680 in the Clerk’s official statistics, out of 5,577,187 votes cast. [6]
Accomplishments, in the record
Roll calls, the Clerk’s election statistics, GovTrack’s bill records and the official House biography establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where a measure was a committee’s or a Congress’s work rather than one member’s.
Majority floor leader of the Michigan Senate
The official House biography records six years in the Michigan Senate and the majority floor leadership in 1999–2000. The campaign adds that he wrote the legislation creating Michigan’s 529 college savings program and worked on tools against child predators; those are the campaign’s descriptions, not verified here against the Legislature’s journals. [1][8]
A 160-vote House victory
The Clerk’s statistics for the November 7, 2000 election record Rogers with 145,179 votes and Dianne Byrum with 145,019 in the 8th District. The campaign calls it the closest race in the country that year; the margin is the record. [7][8]
Seven bills enacted in their own right
Of the 106 measures Rogers sponsored from 2001 to 2014, seven were enacted as his own bills: the Respect for America’s Fallen Heroes Act (2006), a study of energy-efficient computer servers (2006), the Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act (2010), the intelligence authorization acts for fiscal 2011, 2012 and 2015, and the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013. Ten more passed the House only, including CISPA twice. GovTrack’s broader count of eight enacted bills adds the Haqqani Network Terrorist Designation Act, whose text was carried by other legislation. [26][24]
In the 113th Congress he introduced 11 bills, two of which became law; 55 percent of his bills had a cosponsor from each party, and he cosponsored 108 bills by other members, the 26th fewest in the House. [25]
Aye on the auto rescue, No on the bank rescue
On December 10, 2008 Rogers voted Aye on the Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act, which passed the House 237–170 and died in the Senate. On September 29 and October 3, 2008 he voted No and Nay on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, the $700 billion bank program. The campaign states both votes accurately; both are recorded votes, not authorship. [31][64][32][9]
Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee
Rogers chaired the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence for the 112th and 113th Congresses. The committee’s annual authorization bills for fiscal 2011, 2012 and 2015 carry his name as sponsor and became law; his Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act passed the House 248–168 in 2012 and 288–127 in 2013 without Senate action. Bridge Michigan reports that in 2012 he led an investigation into the attack on U.S. government facilities in Benghazi, Libya, which, in its words, “debunked claims of intelligence failures or ‘stand down’ orders delaying emergency response.” Committee products are shared work. [1][26][35][54]
The Medicare prescription-drug benefit
Rogers voted Yea on the November 22, 2003 conference report creating Medicare Part D, which passed 220–215. The campaign’s line that he “Passed Medicare Part D” describes one vote among the 220 that carried a bill managed by others. [33][9]
Attendance and ideology, measured
Rogers missed 249 of 9,768 roll-call votes from January 2001 to December 2014, 2.5 percent, and 80 of 1,204 in the 113th Congress, 6.6 percent. Voteview’s DW-NOMINATE score places him at 0.400 on the first dimension in every Congress he served; among the 240 House Republicans scored in the 113th Congress he ranks 164th from the most conservative, below the caucus median of 0.49. GovTrack’s cosponsorship analysis for the same Congress ranked him the 36th most politically left House Republican, and its report card notes that three of his eleven bills reached the floor, that four had a cosponsor who chaired or was ranking member of the committee of referral, and that he ranked sixth most absent among committee chairs and ranking members. Heritage Action scores his House service 51 percent for the session shown and 53 percent lifetime. None of these measures captures committee work, which for an Intelligence chairman is largely closed to the public. [24][25][27][28]
Consulting, boards and television
After leaving the House he worked as a consultant and served on boards for telecommunications and cybersecurity companies, including AT&T, Nokia and Telefónica, sat on national-security nonprofit boards and hosted and commented on CNN, according to PolitiFact’s review of his disclosures; before the 2024 race he received a $30,000 payment from the lobbying firm CGCN Group, which his campaign says was for strategic communications advice on telecommunications. He never registered as a lobbyist. The campaign describes a business championing innovation and cybersecurity. [47][8]
Family & community
The campaign biography identifies his wife as Kristi, who it says served in Iraq as a Department of Defense liaison and worked at Customs and Border Protection; it describes a daughter who served in AmeriCorps and a son, a Naval Academy graduate, serving as a Navy officer. The campaign’s “Four Generations of Service” page lists relatives from a B-17 tail gunner in the Second World War to “Jon Rogers, U.S. Navy, Lieutenant.” [8][59]
Campaign releases are datelined White Lake, Michigan, where Bridge Michigan reports he holds a principal residence exemption; his official biography records his birth in Livingston County and his schooling in Howell and Adrian. [14][45][1]
Neither the official House biography nor the campaign biography states a religious affiliation, and this profile makes no claim about one. The sources reviewed here document family, residence and public roles; they do not supply a verified record of charitable board service beyond the national-security nonprofit boards PolitiFact mentions, and none is asserted. [1][8][47]
His mission for Michigan
Stand with President Trump, bring manufacturing home, lower the cost of gas, groceries and prescription drugs, protect Social Security and Medicare, and put “education not indoctrination” first.
The following summarizes the agenda on Rogers’s official campaign website and in his campaign’s releases. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [12][13]
01Stand with the President, put Michigan first
“I’ll stand with President Trump to deliver on the mandate given to him by the American people. ... That means bringing manufacturing jobs back home, lowering the cost of gas, groceries, & prescription drugs, protecting seniors’ social security & medicare, and setting our kids up for success by prioritizing education not indoctrination.” [12]
02Unlock homeownership
The campaign’s “Unlock Homeownership” plan would expand 529 plans to “first-time home down payments,” with tax-free savings and help with “the first year of property taxes”; let families “build credit for timely rent payments” and defer student loans while saving for a down payment; roll back “overregulation that drove housing costs up”; and create “residential housing zones where 100% of new construction is tax free.” Bridge Michigan reports the plan was announced in February 2026. [10][53]
03Health care that works for working families
Three planks: fines for hospitals and insurers that do not “publicly post real prices”; “Expand access to Trump Rx” and “speed up approval on lower cost generic options”; and penalties for insurers with “excessive denials or delays,” with public reporting of denial rates and appeal outcomes. The campaign’s September 14 ad says, “I’ll take on Big Pharma.” [11][13]
04Tariffs with a Canada deal
On August 29, 2026: “President Trump is right to put America First - and tariffs are necessary, but are not a one-size-fits-all solution,” and, “When I get to the U.S. Senate, I’ll do whatever it takes to get a trade deal with Canada that supports our farmers and gets the best deal for Michigan autoworkers and manufacturers.” In 2025 he told Politico that “certainty is always better” but the “shoe is going to pinch every once in a while.” [21][52]
05Fix the education crisis
In a September 2026 op-ed he called Michigan’s schools “the civil rights issue of our lifetime,” citing NCES figures that 28 percent of Michigan fourth graders read proficiently and 32 percent are proficient in math, and proposed re-enacting the “Read by Grade Three” law and putting shop classes in every high school. [20][53]
06Energy costs and data centers
He argues state and federal regulations and Michigan’s energy standards caused an “artificial increase” in energy prices, and in August 2026 said of data centers that “we need to take a pause, probably,” telling The Detroit News he would support a one-year moratorium on new ones. In 2024 he said, “We need to make sure that the EV mandates don’t kill our automobile industry.” [53][50]
07Border and immigration enforcement
08Israel, antisemitism and Ukraine
Welcoming a letter from Jewish community leaders on August 30, 2026, he said, “As antisemitism rises and Jewish families worry for their safety, it’s critical that we have leaders who will confront hatred — not inflame it. That’s where my opponent and I couldn’t be more different,” and, “Abdul El-Sayed fans the flames of antisemitism. We’re fighting to extinguish it.” Bridge Michigan reports the campaign told The New York Times it welcomes support from the pro-Israel community while weighing how public AIPAC’s backing should be. In the House he voted Yea on the March 2014 bill supporting Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, which passed 399–19. No statement on current Ukraine aid was found for this review. [22][54][58]
09Abortion
In 2024 he said, “I believe that the states are the best place to have this discussion. And Michigan citizens said in an overwhelming fashion that we want abortion legal and made it a part of our state Constitution. So it is not my job to go back to Washington, D.C. and change that,” and his campaign told PolitiFact he would vote no on a federal ban. His House record includes a Yea on the 2003 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, four life-at-conception cosponsorships and a 2013 vote in favor of a 20-week ban. [50][49][41]
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the documented record above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
The Florida house
The record is not in dispute: Rogers sold his Howell home in 2014, bought a Cape Coral, Florida home in 2022 for about $1.6 million, and claimed it as his permanent residence for a 2023 property-tax exemption, the only year he did. In 2024 he was registered to vote at a Genoa Township home while his White Lake house was under construction; as of August 24, 2026 he was no longer registered to vote in Florida and his Michigan registration was active at the White Lake home, which carries a principal residence exemption. The Florida house is listed at $2.4 million. El-Sayed told supporters on August 5, “if you want to be a Florida man, go be a Florida man,” and Michigan Democratic Party chair Curtis Hertel Jr. said, “He left us, and he left the people that he served.” In 2024 Rogers called questions about where he lived “absolutely nuts”; in 2026 his spokesperson did not answer Bridge Michigan’s questions and pointed instead to El-Sayed’s reported rental property in Dubai. No one questions his eligibility. [45]
“Pharma lobbyist”
El-Sayed said Rogers “took a $14 million payout as a pharma lobbyist.” PolitiFact found no federal or Michigan lobbying registration and no record of pharmaceutical work after Congress; his disclosed work was consulting and board service for telecommunications and cybersecurity companies. Rogers’s campaign sent a June 22, 2026 cease-and-desist letter calling the claim “demonstrably false,” and El-Sayed dropped the word while keeping the theme. What the record does show, per Bridge Michigan, is that Rogers sponsored the 2003 National Pain Care Policy Act and advocated access to pain medication for a decade, and that an AP and Center for Public Integrity review found at least $310,000 in contributions from pharmaceutical-tied groups to his committees from 2006 to 2015. He said in 2016, “I think they said, ‘This guy is a champion, he’s doing something we believe in,’” and in 2024 that his brother’s chronic pain motivated the bills. [47][46]
From the 2021 column to the 2025 “van”
On January 5, 2021 Rogers wrote in The Washington Post that “Refusing to recognize state-certified elections without evidence of fraud is an abdication of the higher responsibility to our Constitution.” In July 2024 he said, “I firmly stand behind that column. But if there are anomalies, I do believe that we should use the system to try to make sure that elections are fair.” He conceded to Slotkin in November 2024. On October 17, 2025 in Muskegon, Michigan Advance reports, he said a van in Detroit showed up in the very early morning after the election with ballots and that the election was lost by some 17,000 votes; the Clerk’s official margin is 19,006. Slotkin answered that he “certainly wasn’t claiming election fraud when he called me to concede.” No evidence for the claim appears in the sources reviewed, and no later response from the campaign was found. [50][51][6][53]
The 9/11 attack line
On August 5, 2026 Rogers said, “Never in a million years did I think that I would be running against someone who believes America deserved 9/11.” The remark he was pointing to was made in 2019 by the streamer Hasan Piker, who campaigned with El-Sayed in April 2026; El-Sayed said on Fox & Friends that “Of course I don’t think 9/11 was justified.” PolitiFact rated Rogers’s claim Pants on Fire. His campaign’s answer: “Abdul was asked point blank if he’d disavow Hasan Piker’s comments, and he wouldn’t do it. That tells you everything you need to know.” The campaign has kept the theme in its September ads and releases. [48][13]
Surveillance: the NSA, CISPA and the FISA votes
As Intelligence chairman Rogers voted No on the July 24, 2013 Amash amendment to end bulk collection of telephone records, which failed 205–217, and Yea on the 2008 FISA Amendments Act and the 2011 PATRIOT Act extension; his CISPA passed the House twice and died in the Senate over privacy objections. In May 2014 he voted Yea on the USA FREEDOM Act. Civil-liberties critics on both the left and the right cite the 2013 vote; supporters cite the committee’s oversight work. The roll calls are the record. [36][40][35]
Abortion, then and now
A 2024 Slotkin ad said Rogers “voted to ban abortion, even without exceptions for rape or incest.” PolitiFact documented four life-at-conception cosponsorships, a vote in favor of a 20-week ban in 2013 and a 2010 statement that abortion “should be legal only to prevent the death of the mother,” and rated the ad Mostly False because he now says he would vote no on a federal ban and “Michigan voters have already decided this issue, and I respect their decision.” He also said in 2023 he “probably wouldn’t have” voted for the 2022 amendment. The 2003 partial-birth vote is in the Clerk’s record. [49][41]
Taxes, budgets, health care and the shutdown
The fiscal record is consistent and cuts both ways for critics. Rogers voted Yea on the 2001 and 2003 tax-cut conference reports and Aye on the January 1, 2013 fiscal-cliff bill that made most of those rates permanent; No on the 2009 stimulus, No on cap-and-trade in 2009 and Nay on Dodd-Frank in 2010; Aye on the 2011 Budget Control Act; and Yea on each of the four House Republican budget resolutions from 2011 to 2014, the Ryan budgets that proposed premium support for Medicare, which Democrats cite against him on Social Security and Medicare while his home page promises to protect both. He voted No on the Affordable Care Act on March 21, 2010 and Aye on its repeal in January 2011 and July 2012; in December 2025 he said the premium increases after the enhanced subsidies expired “should be an albatross around their neck.” In the 2013 shutdown he voted Aye on September 20 for the continuing resolution that defunded the health law and Yea on October 16 for the Senate amendment that reopened the government. He voted Aye on Keystone XL in 2014, Nay on repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell in 2010 and Yea for the Benghazi select committee in 2014. Supporters read the pattern as spending discipline with pragmatic exceptions; critics as votes against programs Michigan families use. [44][42][37][38][39][53][12][58]
What the ratings measure
Heritage Action’s page for his House service shows 51 percent for the session and 53 percent lifetime; the NRA Political Victory Fund grades him A and El-Sayed F for 2026; Voteview places him at 0.400, below the median House Republican of his last Congress; the Americans for Tax Reform pledge database lists twelve Michigan signers and he is not among them. Club for Growth, League of Conservation Voters, SBA Pro-Life America and ACU ratings could not be retrieved for this review and are not claimed. [28][29][27][30]
Debates, money and the field
Rogers committed to a WOOD TV8 debate on October 8 and a WXYZ debate on October 21, and on September 15 refused Fox 2 Detroit’s debate, citing the moderator’s bias; El-Sayed calls him “Mike Dodgers.” The Senate Leadership Fund pledged more than $45 million in April 2026 and reaffirmed it in August, its largest Michigan investment; the campaign reported nearly $3.2 million raised in the second quarter of 2026 and more than $5.6 million on hand. President Trump endorsed him in July 2025 and again on the eve of the primary; in 2016 he was skeptical of Trump and after the 2022 midterms told The Washington Post “Trump’s time has passed,” by Slate’s account. Trump’s August 3, 2026 post named the record he is endorsing: “From the U.S. Army to Congress, Mike has served our Nation with distinction.” Michigan Republican Party chair Jim Runestad told Bridge that conservative factions that had “some concern over this or that, some particular vote” in 2024 showed “absolute unity” at the August 2026 convention. Endorsements and money establish political support; they are not evaluations of the record above. [17][18][19][54][55][56][23][14][15][57]
Questions & answers
Who is Mike Rogers?
Mike Rogers is the 2026 Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from Michigan. His official congressional biography records service in the U.S. Army from 1985 to 1989, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 1989 to 1994, in the Michigan Senate from 1995 to 2000 and in the U.S. House from 2001 to 2015, where he chaired the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the 112th and 113th Congresses. [61][1][63]
What office is Mike Rogers running for in 2026?
Rogers is running for the U.S. Senate seat from Michigan held by Democrat Gary Peters, who is retiring. His statement of candidacy on file with the Federal Election Commission designates Rogers for Senate as his principal campaign committee. It is his second Senate campaign: in 2024 he was the Republican nominee and lost to Elissa Slotkin, 2,712,686 votes to 2,693,680. [61][53][62][6]
Who is Mike Rogers running against?
Rogers faces Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who won the August 4 Democratic primary with 744,952 votes to Haley Stevens’s 731,160 and Mallory McMorrow’s 61,516. The Michigan Department of State’s official general-election candidate listing also carries Lydia Christensen (Libertarian), Tim Long (U.S. Taxpayers), Douglas P. Marsh (Green) and Walter P. Kristy (Natural Law). [61][2]
When is the election?
What are Mike Rogers’s main campaign priorities?
Rogers’s campaign website says he will “stand with President Trump” and names bringing manufacturing jobs home, lowering the cost of gas, groceries and prescription drugs, protecting Social Security and Medicare, and “education not indoctrination.” The campaign has also published a housing plan, titled “Unlock Homeownership,” and a health care plan. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [12][10][11]
What has Mike Rogers done in office?
Rogers chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in the 112th and 113th Congresses. Seven of the 106 measures he sponsored from 2001 to 2014 were enacted as his own bills, among them the Respect for America’s Fallen Heroes Act of 2006 and three intelligence authorization acts. In 2008 he voted Aye on the auto industry rescue and No on the bank rescue. [1][63][26][31][32]
The sources behind the story
Government records anchor the profile: the Clerk’s roll calls and election statistics, the Michigan Department of State’s official primary results and canvass agenda, the House’s official biography, GovTrack and Voteview. Original reporting from Bridge Michigan, PolitiFact, Michigan Public and Michigan Advance supplies scrutiny and responses. Campaign materials are used for the candidate’s own priorities and claims.
- 01ROGERS, Mike — concise biography and official portraitHistory, Art & Archives, U.S. House of Representatives · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Born Livingston County June 2, 1963; Howell High 1981; B.S. Adrian 1985; Army 1985–89; FBI 1989–94; Michigan Senate 1995–2000, majority floor leader 1999–2000; House 2001–2015; Intelligence chair 112th–113th.Government / regulatory record - 022026 Michigan Election Results — State Primary, OFFICIAL (Aug. 4, 2026)Michigan Department of State, MVIC (ghostarchive copy of Sep. 12, 2026) · Updated Aug. 24, 2026
U.S. Senator: Rogers 883,328 (100%); El-Sayed 744,952 (48.45%), Stevens 731,160 (47.55%), McMorrow 61,516 (4.00%); 83/83 counties. Live page answers 403; archived copy read.Government / regulatory record - 03Board of State Canvassers meeting agenda, Aug. 24, 2026Michigan Department of State, Bureau of Elections · Aug. 24, 2026
Item 2: “Canvass and certification of the August 4, 2026 primary election.”Government / regulatory record - 04Candidate listing, 2026 primary electionMichigan Bureau of Elections · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
U.S. Senate: Rogers, Mike (Republican, filed 04/17/2026); Smith, Bernadette (Republican) marked DISQ; three Democrats.Government / regulatory record - 05Omnibus U.S. Senate staff report on nominating petitionsMichigan Board of State Canvassers · May 20, 2026
Five candidates filed; the four petitions with at least 15,000 signatures were reviewed by random sample (750 signatures each), none was challenged, and staff recommended each, including Rogers’s, “Determine petition sufficient.” Bernedette Smith did not submit the minimum 15,000 signatures.Government / regulatory record - 06Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 2024Clerk of the U.S. House · 2025
Michigan, U.S. Senator: Mike Rogers (R) 2,693,680; Elissa Slotkin (D) 2,712,686; state total 5,577,187.Government / regulatory record - 07Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 2000Clerk of the U.S. House · 2001
Michigan 8th District: Mike Rogers (R) 145,179; Dianne Byrum (D) 145,019.Government / regulatory record - 08Meet MikeRogers for Senate (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Campaign biography: parents, Army lieutenant, FBI in Chicago, 529 program, 2000 race, Energy and Commerce, Intelligence chairmanship, private sector since 2015, wife Kristi, daughter, son.Campaign source - 09What Michiganders Need to KnowRogers for Senate (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Campaign bullet claims: born in Livonia; “voted for the Auto Rescue”; “voted against the Wall Street bailout”; “Passed Medicare Part D”; attacks on El-Sayed’s health plan.Campaign source - 10Unlock Homeownership (housing plan)Rogers for Senate (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
One bulleted list under the heading “Unlock Homeownership”: 529 plans for first-time home down payments, help with the first year of property taxes, credit for timely rent payments, student-loan deferral, deregulation, tax-free residential housing zones.Campaign source - 11Healthcare That Works for Working Families (health plan)Rogers for Senate (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Three planks: price transparency with fines, expand Trump Rx and generics, penalties for excessive denials.Campaign source - 12Rogers for Senate — home pageRogers for Senate (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
“I’ll stand with President Trump to deliver on the mandate”; manufacturing, gas, groceries, prescription drugs, Social Security and Medicare, “education not indoctrination.”Campaign source - 13News feed (RSS), Aug. 24 – Sep. 15, 2026Rogers for Senate (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Twenty releases, ads and statements in the campaign’s words; the press-release feed used for this profile.Campaign source - 14President Trump Endorses Mike Rogers for U.S. SenateRogers for Senate (campaign) · July 24, 2025
The endorsement announcement; lists Thune, Scott, Wicker, Cotton, Daines, Sheehy, Barrasso, Bergman, Walberg, POAM and four sheriffs.Campaign source - 15Truth Social post by Donald J. Trump, Aug. 3, 2026 (archived)Trump’s Truth (third-party archive) · Aug. 3, 2026
“Mike Rogers has my Complete and Total Endorsement to be the next U.S. Senator from Michigan.”Independent reporting - 16Former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers launches another Michigan Senate runNBC News · Apr. 14, 2025
Launch on Monday, Apr. 14, 2025; Thune and Scott endorsements that morning; Slotkin won 2024 “by less than half a percentage point.”Independent reporting - 17Mike Rogers to Debate Conman Abdul El-Sayed on October 8Rogers for Senate (campaign) · Aug. 24, 2026
WOOD TV8 debate, Oct. 8, moderated by Rick Albin; the campaign’s language about the opponent.Campaign source - 18Rogers to Debate in Detroit Against Conman Abdul El-SayedRogers for Senate (campaign) · Sep. 2, 2026
WXYZ-TV debate Oct. 21 in Detroit, “the second debate of the general election.”Campaign source - 19Team Rogers Refuses Fox 2 Debate Due to Moderator BiasRogers for Senate (campaign) · Sep. 15, 2026
The refusal of the Fox 2 Detroit debate and the reasons the campaign gives.Campaign source - 20Rogers: Michigan’s Education Crisis is the Civil Rights Issue of Our LifetimeRogers for Senate (campaign) · Sep. 1, 2026
Op-ed text: NCES literacy figures; re-enact “Read by Grade Three”; shop classes.Campaign source - 21Michigan Democrats Have Managed Our State’s Decline; Now, It’s Time for a ChangeRogers for Senate (campaign) · Aug. 29, 2026
On Canada tariffs: “tariffs are necessary, but are not a one-size-fits-all solution”; a trade deal with Canada.Campaign source - 22Rogers Welcomes Support from Michigan Jewish Community LeadersRogers for Senate (campaign) · Aug. 30, 2026
His statement on antisemitism and on El-Sayed and Hasan Piker.Campaign source - 23Rogers Reports Strongest Quarter YetRogers for Senate (campaign) · July 15, 2026
Campaign-reported Q2 2026: nearly $3.2 million raised, more than $5.6 million cash on hand, 28,416 donors; SLF $45 million, Sentinel $15 million.Campaign source - 24Rep. Mike Rogers [R-MI8, 2001-2014] — member pageGovTrack.us · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Missed 249 of 9,768 roll calls, Jan. 2001–Dec. 2014 (2.5%); eight bills “enacted” under GovTrack’s inclusive definition.Government / regulatory record - 252014 Report Card, Rep. Mike Rogers (113th Congress)GovTrack.us · Updated Jan. 12, 2015
Missed 80 of 1,204 votes (6.6%); 11 bills introduced, 2 enacted; ranked 36th most politically left among House Republicans; 55% of bills had bipartisan cosponsors.Government / regulatory record - 26Bills sponsored by Mike Rogers, 2001–2014 (106 records)GovTrack.us (API) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Status of each sponsored measure: 7 enacted in their own right, 10 passed the House only, 3 simple resolutions agreed to, 82 introduced only.Government / regulatory record - 27DW-NOMINATE member data (HSall_members.csv)Voteview (UCLA) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
First-dimension score 0.400 in each Congress 107th–113th; in the 113th, 164th of 240 scored House Republicans from the most conservative (median 0.49). Rank computed for this profile.Government / regulatory record - 28Scorecard: Rep. Mike Rogers (MI-08)Heritage Action for America · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Session Score 51%, Lifetime Score 53%; the /112 URL returns the same page.Government / regulatory record - 29Grades & Endorsements — Michigan 2026NRA Political Victory Fund · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
U.S. Senate: Mike Rogers (R) A; Abdul El-Sayed (D) F.Government / regulatory record - 30Taxpayer Protection Pledge databaseAmericans for Tax Reform · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Page’s map data lists 490 signers; twelve Michigan entries, none of them Mike Rogers (the only Mike Rogers listed is Alabama’s).Government / regulatory record - 31Roll call 690, Dec. 10, 2008 — Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act (H.R. 7321)Clerk of the U.S. House · Dec. 10, 2008
Rogers recorded Aye; passed 237–170.Government / regulatory record - 32Roll calls 674 (Sept. 29, 2008) and 681 (Oct. 3, 2008) — Emergency Economic Stabilization ActClerk of the U.S. House · 2008
Rogers recorded No on Sept. 29 (failed 205–228) and Nay on Oct. 3 (passed 263–171).Government / regulatory record - 33Roll call 669, Nov. 22, 2003 — Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (H.R. 1)Clerk of the U.S. House · Nov. 22, 2003
Rogers recorded Yea; conference report agreed to 220–215.Government / regulatory record - 34Roll call 455, Oct. 10, 2002 — Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq (H.J.Res. 114)Clerk of the U.S. House · Oct. 10, 2002
Rogers recorded Yea; passed 296–133.Government / regulatory record - 35Roll calls 192 (Apr. 26, 2012) and 117 (Apr. 18, 2013) — Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection ActClerk of the U.S. House · 2012–2013
His own bill: Aye in 2012 (248–168) and Yea in 2013 (288–127); neither became law.Government / regulatory record - 36Roll call 412, July 24, 2013 — Amash amendment to H.R. 2397 (NSA bulk collection)Clerk of the U.S. House · July 24, 2013
Rogers recorded No; the amendment failed 205–217.Government / regulatory record - 37Roll calls 165 (Mar. 21, 2010) and 14 (Jan. 19, 2011) — Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; repealClerk of the U.S. House · 2010–2011
No on the Senate health bill (passed 219–212); Aye on H.R. 2 repeal (245–189). Also Aye on H.R. 6079 repeal, July 11, 2012.Government / regulatory record - 38Roll calls 277 (2011), 151 (2012), 88 (2013), 177 (2014) — House budget resolutionsClerk of the U.S. House · 2011–2014
Rogers recorded Yea on each Republican budget resolution (H.Con.Res. 34, 112, 25, 96).Government / regulatory record - 39Roll calls 478 (Sept. 20, 2013) and 550 (Oct. 16, 2013) — H.J.Res. 59 and H.R. 2775, the shutdownClerk of the U.S. House · 2013
Aye on the CR that defunded the health law (230–189); Yea on the Senate amendment that reopened the government (285–144).Government / regulatory record - 40Roll calls 437 (June 20, 2008) and 230 (May 22, 2014) — FISA Amendments Act; USA FREEDOM ActClerk of the U.S. House · 2008–2014
Yea on both: FISA Amendments Act 293–129; USA FREEDOM Act 303–121.Government / regulatory record - 41Roll calls 530 (2003), 484 (2004), 204 (2005) — partial-birth abortion ban; marriage amendment; stem cellsClerk of the U.S. House · 2003–2005
Yea on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (281–142); Yea on the marriage amendment (failed 227–186); Nay on the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act (238–194).Government / regulatory record - 42Roll calls 477 (June 26, 2009) and 519 (Nov. 14, 2014) — American Clean Energy and Security Act; Keystone XLClerk of the U.S. House · 2009–2014
No on cap-and-trade (219–212); Aye on Keystone XL approval (252–161).Government / regulatory record - 43Roll calls 661 (Dec. 16, 2005) and 446 (Sept. 14, 2006) — H.R. 4437; Secure Fence ActClerk of the U.S. House · 2005–2006
Aye on the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act (239–182); Aye on the Secure Fence Act (283–138).Government / regulatory record - 44Roll calls 149 (2001), 225 (2003), 659 (Jan. 1, 2013) — 2001 and 2003 tax cuts; American Taxpayer Relief ActClerk of the U.S. House · 2001–2013
Yea on both Bush tax-cut conference reports; Aye on the fiscal-cliff bill (257–167).Government / regulatory record - 45Fact check: ‘Florida man’ tag follows Mike Rogers in new US Senate bidBridge Michigan (Matt Mencarini) · Aug. 26, 2026
Cape Coral home bought 2022 for about $1.6 million, claimed as permanent residence for 2023; White Lake principal residence; Florida registration canceled by Aug. 24; his and his campaign’s responses.Independent reporting - 46Fact check: Abdul El-Sayed attacks Mike Rogers over pharma industry tiesBridge Michigan (Matt Mencarini) · Aug. 28, 2026
Never a registered lobbyist; June 22 cease-and-desist letter; pain-medication advocacy 2003–2015; at least $310,000 from pharmaceutical-tied groups 2006–2015 (AP/CPI); his explanation.Independent reporting - 47Senate candidate Mike Rogers didn’t make millions as pharma lobbyist, despite Abdul El-Sayed’s claimPolitiFact · July 2, 2026
No lobbying registration; consulting and board work for AT&T, Nokia, Telefónica; CNN host; $30,000 payment from CGCN Group; the campaign’s response.Independent reporting - 48In Michigan Senate race, Mike Rogers falsely ties Abdul El-Sayed to Twitch streamer’s 9/11 commentsPolitiFact · Aug. 7, 2026
Rogers’s Aug. 5 statement; Piker’s 2019 remark; El-Sayed’s “Of course I don’t think 9/11 was justified”; the campaign’s evidence.Independent reporting - 49U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin ad skews opponent Mike Rogers’ current position on abortionPolitiFact · Sept. 30, 2024
His House record (four life-at-conception cosponsorships; 2013 20-week ban); his 2024 pledge to oppose a national ban and uphold Michigan’s 2022 amendment; rated Mostly False.Independent reporting - 50Michigan’s U.S. Senate race: Meet Republican candidate Mike Rogers (interview)Michigan Public · July 24, 2024
His Jan. 5, 2021 Washington Post column quoted; “I firmly stand behind that column”; abortion “states are the best place”; “EV mandates.”Independent reporting - 51Michigan Democrats rebuff Rogers’ evidence-free claim that the 2024 election was also stolenMichigan Advance (Ben Solis) · Nov. 10, 2025
Muskegon, Oct. 17, 2025: “a van in Detroit showed up in the very early morning after the election with ballots”; he had conceded in 2024. Read via WebFetch (site 403s curl).Independent reporting - 52Michigan Democrats slam Rogers for backing Trump tariff policiesMichigan Advance · Aug. 7, 2025
Rogers to Politico: “certainty is always better,” the “shoe is going to pinch every once in a while.” Read via WebFetch.Independent reporting - 53Mike Rogers vs. Abdul El-Sayed: 7 issues defining Michigan’s US Senate raceBridge Michigan (Lauren Gibbons) · Aug. 20, 2026
Positions on costs, housing, Trump, data centers (one-year moratorium), health care, immigration; 2024 margin “just over 19,000 votes”; SLF pledge; Trump event July 27, 2026 at GM Proving Ground.Independent reporting - 54Mike Rogers 2.0: After defeat, GOP Senate hopeful takes new pitch to votersBridge Michigan (Lauren Gibbons) · Aug. 26, 2026
Convention speech; Benghazi investigation; 2021 denunciation and later repetition of 2020 claims; “Democrats for Mike Rogers”; Oct. 8 debate; AIPAC reservations.Independent reporting - 55Statement: Michigan’s U.S. Senate RaceSenate Leadership Fund · Aug. 5, 2026
“SLF will invest over $45 million to support Mike Rogers,” its largest Michigan investment; the group’s characterization of El-Sayed.Campaign source - 56Mike Rogers campaign gets $45M boost in outside spendingMichigan Public · Apr. 6, 2026
SLF pledge announced Apr. 6, 2026; ads to start in early September; Rogers spokesperson’s statement.Independent reporting - 57Meet Mike Rogers, the former Trump critic running against Abdul El-SayedSlate · Aug. 6, 2026
CNN contributor after Congress; skeptical of Trump in 2016; “Trump’s time has passed” to the Washington Post after the 2022 midterms. Opinion-leaning outlet.Independent reporting - 58Roll calls 99 (Feb. 16, 2007), 638 (Dec. 15, 2010), 148 (Mar. 27, 2014), 209 (May 8, 2014)Clerk of the U.S. House · 2007–2014
Nay on the resolution disapproving the Iraq surge; Nay on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal; Yea on Ukraine support (H.R. 4278, 399–19); Yea on the Benghazi select committee (232–186).Government / regulatory record - 59The Rogers Family’s Four Generations of ServiceRogers for Senate (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 15, 2026
Family members’ service as the campaign lists them, from a B-17 tail gunner to “Jon Rogers, U.S. Navy, Lieutenant.”Campaign source - 60Recount petition deadlines memo, Aug. 24, 2026Michigan Board of State Canvassers · Aug. 24, 2026
Recount petitions for the Aug. 4 primary due Aug. 26, 2026 at 5 p.m., “the second day after the day the Board of State Canvassers certifies.”Government / regulatory record - 61Official Candidate Listing — General Election, Tuesday, November 3, 2026Michigan Department of State, Bureau of Elections · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
U.S. Senate, six-year term, one position: Rogers, Mike (Republican Party, filed 04/17/2026, petitions); El-Sayed, Abdul (Democratic Party); Christensen, Lydia (Libertarian); Long, Tim (U.S. Taxpayers); Marsh, Douglas P. (Green); Kristy, Walter P. (Natural Law). The report is stamped “as of Fri Sep 04”; the list may change after this review.Government / regulatory record - 62FEC Form 2, Statement of Candidacy: Michael J. Rogers (FEC-1999063)Federal Election Commission · Filed July 17, 2026
Current statement of candidacy: Michael J. Rogers, candidate ID S4MI00595, Republican Party, U.S. Senate, Michigan, 2026 election; it designates ROGERS FOR SENATE (C00849810) as principal campaign committee. It establishes the candidacy and the committee’s name as filed; it carries no financial figures.Government / regulatory record - 63ROGERS, Mike — Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (R000572)U.S. Congress, Biographical Directory · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The official congressional biography, read Sep. 17, 2026: born in Livingston County June 2, 1963; Army 1985–1989; Federal Bureau of Investigation 1989–1994; Michigan Senate 1995–2000; House Jan. 3, 2001–Jan. 3, 2015; Intelligence chair, 112th–113th Congresses; unsuccessful Senate candidate in 2024. It does not use the words “special agent.”Government / regulatory record - 64H.R. 7321, Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act — bill status (110th Congress)U.S. Government Publishing Office, govinfo (Bill Status bulk data) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official bill-status record: sponsored by Rep. Barney Frank; passed the House 237–170, 1 present (Roll no. 690) on Dec. 10, 2008; latest action Dec. 11, 2008, “Received in the Senate.” It records no Senate vote and no enactment.Government / regulatory record
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Voting in Michigan: official dates, deadlines and rules
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The dates and rules below were read from the Michigan Department of State (Secretary of State), Bureau of Elections; the authority's own page, linked beside each one, is the final word.
Dates and deadlines
- Online voter registration deadlineMonday, October 19, 2026 — last day to register online (at Michigan.gov/Vote) and be eligible to vote in the November 3, 2026 general election. After that date, registration is only in person at the local city or township clerk's office, with proof of residency. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/elections
- Voter registration by mail deadline (postmarked by)Monday, October 19, 2026 — last day to register by mail and be eligible to vote in the November election. A mailed registration application must be postmarked at least 15 days before Election Day. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/elections/voting/register-to-vote
- In-person voter registration at the local clerk's officeFrom Tuesday, October 20, 2026 through 8 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026, new voter registrations must be made in person at the local city or township clerk's office, with proof of residency. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/elections
- Election Day registrationYes. On Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026, an eligible person may register until 8 p.m., only in person at the local city or township clerk's office and with proof of residency — official documentation, paper or digital, that lists the voter's current name and address. A person in line at the clerk's office by 8 p.m. has the right to register, and is issued a ballot to complete and submit on the spot. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/elections/voting/register-to-vote
- Absentee ballots available to votersThursday, September 24, 2026 — absentee (absent voter) ballots must be available for issuance to voters, 40 days before the election. For military and overseas voters who applied 45 days or more before the election, clerks must send the ballot by Saturday, September 19, 2026. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/elections
- Early in-person voting beginsSaturday, October 24, 2026 — first day of the mandatory early in-person voting period for statewide and federal elections (the second Saturday before Election Day). Communities can optionally offer early voting beginning as early as the 29th day before the election; look up your assigned early voting site, its dates and hours at Michigan.gov/Vote. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/elections
- Early in-person voting endsSunday, November 1, 2026 — last day of the mandatory early voting period. The state's election calendar adds that early voting optionally may be held on the Monday before Election Day until 4 p.m.; check your early voting site's dates and hours at Michigan.gov/Vote. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/-/media/Project/Websites/sos/Election-Administrators/Election-Dates.pdf
- Absentee ballot request deadline (online or by mail: received by)5 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2026 (the Friday before Election Day) — online applications may be submitted until then, and mailed applications must be received by the local city or township clerk's office by then. In person at the clerk's office, a voter registered at the current address may apply until 4 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 2026. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/elections/voting/absentee-voting
Rules to know
- What to bringVoters are asked to show photo ID at the polls, but are not required to possess a photo ID to vote in Michigan; by law, a voter who has a photo ID must present it. Acceptable photo ID: a driver's license or state ID card issued by Michigan or another state; a federal, state, county or local government-issued photo ID; a U.S. passport; a military photo ID card; an educational institution ID; a tribal photo ID card; or a concealed pistol license. The ID does not need to show the voter's address. An expired Michigan driver's license or state ID is accepted; any other type of photo ID must be current. A voter who does not have photo ID, or who forgot to bring it, can still cast a ballot by signing an affidavit stating that the voter is not in possession of a valid photo ID. The same applies at early voting sites. Separately, a person who registers within 14 days of the election must bring proof of residency to the local clerk's office. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/elections/voting/vote-on-election-day
- Voting by mail (absentee ballot)All registered voters in Michigan have the right to vote by mail using an absentee ballot. Apply online at Michigan.gov/Vote, by mailing a completed application to the local city or township clerk, or in person at the clerk's office. Voters can also decide to be placed on a permanent absentee ballot list; the local clerk then automatically mails them an absentee ballot for all local, state and federal elections. Online applications may be submitted until 5 p.m. the Friday before Election Day, and mailed applications must be received by the clerk by then; a voter registered at the current address may apply in person until 4 p.m. the day before Election Day. Absentee ballots are available beginning 40 days before every election. The completed and signed ballot must be received by the local clerk's office by 8 p.m. on Election Day: by mail in the pre-paid envelope (the state encourages mailing at least two weeks before Election Day), in person at the clerk's office, or in one of the clerk's secure drop boxes in the voter's city or township. Only the voter, a member of the voter's immediate family or a person residing in the voter's household who has been asked to return it, a mail carrier on official duty, or an authorized election official may return the ballot. Military and overseas ballots must be postmarked by Election Day and received within 6 days after the election. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/elections/voting/absentee-voting
- Early in-person votingAny registered voter in Michigan has the right to vote early in person at an early voting site for statewide and federal elections. For the November 3, 2026 general election the mandatory early voting period runs nine consecutive days, from Saturday, October 24 through Sunday, November 1, 2026; communities may offer additional days, beginning as early as the 29th day before the election. Voters from more than one precinct, city or township may be assigned to a single, shared early voting site, so look up your assigned site, its dates and hours at Michigan.gov/Vote. At the site, voters are issued a ballot and insert it directly into a tabulator. A voter without photo ID, or who forgot to bring it, can still vote after signing an Affidavit of Voter Not in Possession of Picture Identification. Early voting sites do not offer voter registration. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/elections/voting/early-in-person-voting
- Track your absentee ballotVoters can track online, at Michigan.gov/Vote (the Michigan Voter Information Center), when the local clerk mails the absentee ballot and when the clerk's office receives it back. The same page shows registration status, polling place location and hours, early voting location and hours, and a sample ballot. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/elections/voting/absentee-voting
- If there is a problem with the signatureLocal clerks compare the signature on each absentee ballot return envelope with the voter's signature on record. If the clerk determines that the signature is not valid, the ballot is rejected and the clerk must promptly notify the voter, who is given an opportunity to cure a missing or non-matching signature. For the November 3, 2026 election, the state's election calendar sets 5 p.m. on Friday, November 6, 2026 as the deadline for a voter to cure the signature on the absentee ballot return envelope, so that an otherwise valid ballot is accepted for tabulation. The calendar also sets 4 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2026 as the deadline to cure a signature deficiency on an absentee ballot application in order to receive the ballot by First Class mail. Read from: michigan.gov/sos/-/media/Project/Websites/sos/Election-Administrators/Election-Dates.pdf
Read from: Elections · August-November 2026 Election Dates · Register to vote · Absentee voting · Early in-person voting · Vote on Election Day — Rules and dates as of Sep 17, 2026
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