Former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan lost his race for a Senate seat just six months ago, in a cycle when President Donald Trump won the state.
But Rogers is already back, launching a new Senate bid this week with the support of leading Republicans in Washington. It’s a quick turnaround, banking on a sentiment Republican operatives in the state echo: hope that this cycle will be different.
“It is a completely different race,” Michigan GOP strategist Jason Cabel Roe, who’s not backing a particular candidate at the moment, told NOTUS.