Florida man and failed U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers is gearing up for another Senate bid in Michigan after his loss to Elissa Slotkin just a few months ago. Despite his defeat, Rogers’ return to the race is a troubling signal for Michigan voters who are already struggling under the weight of disastrous economic policies and cuts to Medicaid and Social Security pushed by Donald Trump – policies that Rogers fully supports and seeks to continue.
Rogers’ prior attempt at a Senate seat ended in embarrassing failure, including his cringeworthy trip straight to Mar-a-Lago to beg Trump for an appointment as FBI Director – a request that was denied. But even in the wake of that defeat, and despite the fact that Trump-aligned candidates have lost every statewide race in Michigan since 2016, Rogers is making another attempt. His campaign faces significant obstacles: a messy primary, a tarnished reputation, and Michiganders bracing for the fallout from Trump and the GOP’s attacks on Medicaid and Social Security, which Rogers fully supports.
Trump’s destructive agenda continues to haunt the country, and Mike Rogers is aligning himself with policies that will only worsen the pain for Michiganders, including auto workers who have already expressed their disdain for Rogers. It is clear that if elected, Rogers would support Trump’s plan to cut Medicaid and Social Security in order to pay for tax cuts for Elon Musk and other billionaires.
“Michigan already gave Mike Rogers the boot the first time he ran for Senate,” said American Bridge 21st Century spokesperson Nico Delgado. “Even after losing Michigan while Trump won, Rogers is delusional enough to think that voters won’t remember him and that a rerun will somehow end differently. Voters know exactly what Rogers is trying to bring to Michigan: a rubber stamp on Trump’s disastrous economic policies, including deep cuts to Social Security and Medicaid that will hurt working families.”
American Bridge 21st Century has all the receipts from Rogers’ last Senate run and we will continue to hold him accountable. Last election, Bridge uncovered constituent letters where Rogers pledged to push a federal ban on abortion, exposed him for being registered to vote where he wasn’t living and for accepting over half a million dollars in dark money to advocate for corporate interests.
See below for the lowlights that contributed to Rogers’ loss:
- Rogers supported privatizing and cutting Social Security.
- Rogers supported the Ryan Plan to essentially end Medicare and called to inject “private sector discipline” into Medicare.
- Rogers is another Senate GOP carpetbagger – he lived in Florida for nearly a decade and had not voted in Michigan since 2016.
- Rogers got caught being registered to vote at a location where he wasn’t living.
- Rogers broke a voter registration law that he helped pass when he was in the Michigan state legislature.
- Rogers is an anti-abortion extremist who supported “all restrictions on abortion.”
- Rogers could not vote on Michigan Prop 3 as a Florida resident but said he would have voted against protecting abortion rights in Michigan’s constitution.
- Rogers co-sponsored bills to suspend FDA approval of medication abortion.
- Rogers said it’s “absolutely critical” to defund Planned Parenthood.
- Rogers partnered with the Trump administration to gut funding for effective programs to prevent teen pregnancy.
- Rogers co-sponsored legislation four times that would make IVF illegal nationwide, and refuses to support federal protections for IVF.
- Rogers was in the pocket of Big Pharma and voted to oppose Medicare negotiating drug prices. Rogers recently called it “sugar high politics.”
- Rogers exacerbated Michigan’s opioid epidemic, taking money from the pharmaceutical industry while leading the charge to make access to opioids easier.
- Rogers was in the pocket of the NRA and opposed gun safety measures like banning dangerous assault weapons.
- Rogers voted against the Affordable Care Act and wanted it repealed, jeopardizing protections for nearly two million Michiganders with pre-existing conditions.
- Rogers used the connections made in Congress to walk through the revolving door to become filthy rich.
- Rogers personally got rich from Chinese companies, despite claiming to be tough on China.
- Rogers enriched himself through Saudi companies, including one with questionable nuclear ambitions.
- Rogers voted against multiple campaign finance reforms to minimize corporate influence in politics.
- Rogers was “single-handedly” responsible for blocking a simple minimum wage increase in Michigan.
- Rogers opposed equal pay for women, repeatedly voting against the Paycheck Fairness Act and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
- Rogers supported extending the Trump tax cuts for the wealthy and big corporations.
- Rogers supported banning marriage equality and called being LGBTQ+ a “lifestyle choice.”
- Rogers accepted over half a million dollars in dark money to advocate for corporate interests, while refusing to disclose who funded him.
Published: Apr 14, 2025