Mike Rogers Courts Black, Jewish Voters as Michigan Poll Shows 50%-49% Senate Race
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Updated · abcnews.com · Oct 21
Mike Rogers Courts Black, Jewish Voters as Michigan Poll Shows 50%-49% Senate Race
3 articles · Updated · abcnews.com · Oct 21
Summary
Mike Rogers said crossover support from Black voters in Detroit and Pontiac and Jewish Democrats could decide Michigan’s open Senate race, arguing those traditionally Democratic blocs are responding to his outreach.
50%-49% is the margin in a late-September Fox News poll favoring Abdul El-Sayed, underscoring why Rogers is trying to widen his coalition in a contest that could help determine Senate control.
Rogers also distanced himself from Donald Trump on the economy and Canada tariffs, saying he is “really worried” about prices and inflation and calling the latest tariffs “problematic” for Michigan’s integrated auto industry.
$5,600 is the average added tariff cost for Michigan households since January 2025, according to the National Taxpayers Union Foundation, giving Rogers a state-specific argument for urging Trump to delay or renegotiate the Canada measures.
The interview also revived scrutiny of Rogers’ past calls for off-duty or retired police as Detroit poll-watchers and his attacks on El-Sayed, whom he recently linked to terrorism without directly repeating the label to ABC.