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Live Results: Michigan Senate midterm election
PBS • • nation
Key Points:
- Michigan Senator Gary Peters is retiring after two terms, leaving the state's only open Democratic Senate seat, in a state won by Donald Trump in 2024.
- Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a former Wayne County health director, won the August primary narrowly over Rep. Haley Stevens, running on a progressive platform with support from the United Auto Workers union.
- Republican Mike Rogers, a former seven-term congressman backed by Donald Trump and establishment Republicans, previously lost the 2024 Senate race narrowly to Elissa Slotkin.
- Haley Stevens surprised Michigan Democrats by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers, crossing party lines ahead of the upcoming election.
