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Democrat Elissa Slotkin Wins Michigan Senate Race

Mike Rogers congratulated Slotkin on her victory.

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Democrat Elissa Slotkin Wins Michigan Senate Race
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Democratic Senate candidate Elissa Slotkin will win the Michigan Senate race over Republican Mike Rogers, according to the Associated Press and Decision Desk HQ.

With 99% of the vote counted, Slotkin holds a less than 19,000-vote lead over Rogers, according to the AP, which called the race for Slotkin on Wednesday afternoon. Democrats will hang onto the seat in Michigan despite former President Donald Trump’s dominant performance in the state, which he won by over 80,000 votes. Democrats have controlled both of Michigan’s Senate seats since 2001.

Slotkin spoke
to supporters on Wednesday, but stopped short of claiming victory, saying, “As things stand right now, we are very confident that when all the votes are counted, we will be senator-elect for the state of Michigan.”

Rogers conceded the race and congratulated Slotkin in a statement shared with The Daily Wire.

“Congratulations to Congresswoman Slotkin on her victory, I wish her the best as she serves the people of Michigan in the Senate. I am humbled and honored for the millions of Michiganders who embraced our campaign, shared their thoughts, their concerns, their ideas, and put their faith and trust in me to serve our great state as their U.S. Senator. I’m also proud to have run on the ticket with our President-elect, Donald J. Trump, and I have no doubt that he is going to help move Michigan and America forward,” Rogers said.

Slotkin served one term in the House of Representatives for Michigan’s 7th District before running for the seat of retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow. She also worked in the Obama administration as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. Before that, she was a CIA analyst who served three tours in Iraq.

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The 2024 race between Slotkin and Rogers focused on the economy and immigration as Rogers attempted to tie his opponent to the Biden-Harris record. Slotkin, meanwhile, focused a lot of her campaign messaging on her support for abortion.

In September, Slotkin warned donors that Vice President Kamala Harris was “underwater” in her campaign’s internal polling, a warning that became reality as Harris lost to Trump in the state.

Republicans dumped tens of millions of dollars into the Michigan Senate race in hopes of flipping it in their favor. Despite the loss in Michigan, Republicans still flipped Senate control and currently stand at 52 seats with multiple races that have yet to be called that could add to that majority.

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