{"id":27333,"date":"2026-08-04T13:33:40","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27333"},"modified":"2026-08-04T13:33:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T08:33:40","slug":"mike-rogers-says-he-can-beat-el-sayed-or-stevens-in-michigan-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=27333","title":{"rendered":"Mike Rogers says he can beat El-Sayed or Stevens in Michigan Senate race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">DETROIT, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758613\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan<\/a> \u2014 Republican Mike Rogers is confident he&#8217;ll defeat whichever Democratic rival he faces off with in the midterm elections in the crucial <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758614\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/elections\/2026\/primary-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Senate showdown<\/a> in this Great Lakes battleground state.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">&#8220;It doesn&#8217;t matter to us. We&#8217;ve looked at both candidates. We feel confident we&#8217;re going to beat either one of those candidates that come out of that race,&#8221; Rogers said in a Fox News Digital interview two days before Michigan&#8217;s primary.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758615\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/squad-endorses-abdul-el-sayed-days-before-michigan-democratic-senate-primary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abdul El-Sayed<\/a>, a former Wayne County Health Department director who unsuccessfully ran an insurgent campaign for governor in 2018, is facing off for the Democratic Party&#8217;s nomination in Michigan against Rep. Haley Stevens,\u00a0a more moderate candidate backed by the establishment. The primary race is the biggest battle to date in the party&#8217;s ideological war between the far-left and the center-left.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758616\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/four-months-midterms-12-races-determine-senate-majority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>THE MIDTERM SENATE RACES THAT COULD FLIP THE BALANCE OF POWER IN CONGRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/haley-stevens-gary-peters-rally-madison-heights-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/haley-stevens-gary-peters-rally-madison-heights-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/haley-stevens-gary-peters-rally-madison-heights-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/haley-stevens-gary-peters-rally-madison-heights-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/haley-stevens-gary-peters-rally-madison-heights-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/haley-stevens-gary-peters-rally-madison-heights-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/haley-stevens-gary-peters-rally-madison-heights-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/haley-stevens-gary-peters-rally-madison-heights-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/haley-stevens-gary-peters-rally-madison-heights-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"haley-stevens-gary-peters-rally-madison-heights-michigan-august-2-2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Haley Stevens of Michigan, right, and retiring Sen. Gary Peters, at a campaign rally on Aug. 2, 2026, in Madison Heights, Michigan.<\/span> <span>(Paul Steinhauser\/Fox News\u00a0)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Rogers says both <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758617\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/haley-stevens-shreds-abdul-el-sayed-dont-need-celebrity-candidate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">El-Sayed and Stevens<\/a> &#8220;are very radical, and they are way too extreme for Michigan.&#8221; And pointing to El-Sayed, he charged, &#8220;Abdul, he has his own special sauce of crazy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The expensive and combustible scrum between El-Sayed and Stevens in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Gary Peters, who is backing Stevens, is bolstering Republicans and potentially endangering a must-hold seat in November for the Democrats as they face an uphill challenge to win back the Senate majority.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;That certainly helps,&#8221; Rogers said as he pointed to the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758618\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/democratic-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Democratic primary battle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Rogers, a former congressman who lost the 2024 Senate election in Michigan by a razor-thin margin while President Trump narrowly carried the state, touted that while the Democrats engage in what some describe as a civil war, &#8220;we&#8217;ve unified the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758619\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Republican Party<\/a> in a way I haven&#8217;t seen in decades here on this particular race.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;We&#8217;re building our team, our resources, and are ready for the fight after August 5 in a way I don&#8217;t think Democrats are expecting,&#8221; he highlighted.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">El-Sayed, who, if elected, would make history as the nation&#8217;s first Muslim senator, has made support for Medicare-for-all a major component of his campaign.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758620\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>DEMOCRACY \u201926: STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE FOX NEWS ELECTION HUB<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/abdul-el-sayed-speaks-to-supporters-detroit-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/abdul-el-sayed-speaks-to-supporters-detroit-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/abdul-el-sayed-speaks-to-supporters-detroit-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/abdul-el-sayed-speaks-to-supporters-detroit-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/abdul-el-sayed-speaks-to-supporters-detroit-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/abdul-el-sayed-speaks-to-supporters-detroit-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/abdul-el-sayed-speaks-to-supporters-detroit-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/abdul-el-sayed-speaks-to-supporters-detroit-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/abdul-el-sayed-speaks-to-supporters-detroit-michigan-august-2-2026.jpeg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"abdul-el-sayed-speaks-to-supporters-detroit-michigan-august-2-2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Abdul El-Sayed, a Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, speaks to supporters at a campaign event on Aug. 2, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.<\/span> <span>(Paul Steinhauser\/Fox News\u00a0)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">He has also called for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and is a vocal critic of Israel amid its war with Hamas \u2014 even characterizing Israel&#8217;s actions in Gaza as &#8220;genocide&#8221; against Palestinians. And El-Sayed, who served as a top surrogate on Sanders&#8217; 2020 presidential campaign, has vowed not to accept PAC donations.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">El-Sayed, who is backed by many leaders on the left and was joined on the campaign trail two weeks ago by progressive champions Sen. <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758621\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/bernie-sanders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> of Vermont and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, has reiterated that he&#8217;s not a socialist.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">But Rogers argued that El-Sayed is &#8220;in a different league altogether about pushing that socialist agenda, Democrat Socialists of America are <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758622\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in Michigan<\/a> working for him right now. They&#8217;re parachuting in from all over the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;If you believe in the future of America and your own prosperity and your individual liberties, well\u2026. We&#8217;re going to talk about it because they&#8217;ve got plans to take all that away,&#8221; Rogers claimed, as he pointed to the far left and El-Sayed. &#8220;And just because you&#8217;re a smooth talker and could sell ice to an Eskimo doesn&#8217;t mean people are ready to give up their rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758623\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Both El-Sayed and Stevens are confident that Democrats will unite following Tuesday&#8217;s primary.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Let&#8217;s make sure that anyone but Mike Rogers gets to the United States Senate,&#8221; Stevens told reporters on Sunday. &#8220;After the primary, you&#8217;re going to see a united Democratic Party. You are going to see us going full force, full fledge ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">And El-Sayed told Fox News Digital, &#8220;I think we all understand the risk of Donald Trump. We all understand the risk of Mike Rogers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_758625\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/meet-far-left-insurgents-waging-war-democratic-establishment-2026-midterms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>MEET THE FAR LEFT INSURGENTS WAGING WAR ON THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN THE 2026 MIDTERMS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;This is a guy who is not going to stand up and take on the war machine. He&#8217;s not going to stand up and take on Big Pharma. He&#8217;s not going to stand up and take on Big Tech. He is going to do the bidding of large corporations,&#8221; El-Sayed argued as he referred to Rogers. &#8220;I think everybody understands what the stakes are. So I&#8217;m looking forward to welcoming everybody who might have voted differently in the primary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Asked about El-Sayed&#8217;s comments, Rogers charged, &#8220;The guy lies&#8230; this guy will lie from today until November 4, trying to get people to&#8230; walk past how bad he is for our state and our future in the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Paul Steinhauser covers the national campaign trail from coast to coast for Fox News\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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