Michigan Republican Mike Rogers, a former House member who lost the second-closest Senate election of 2024, will make a second bid to rejoin the chamber next year from one of the nation’s premier swing states at the midpoint of President Donald Trump’s second term.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and National Republican Senatorial Committee Chair Tim Scott (S.C.) immediately endorsed Rogers, underscoring how party leaders want to avoid a fractious Republican primary and solidify their majority by flipping the seat of retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D).
In a statement circulated by the NRSC, Thune said Rogers would “help achieve ...