Former Ambassador Michigan Mike Rogers “is strongly considering” running for the US Senate. Rogers would run to fill the place that Senator Gary Peters, D-Mich will be.
Rogers posted a statement on a possible senatorial offer on Thursday on his X account. Former GOP MP emphasized his relationship with the president Donald Trump and the “support” he received from Michiganders.
“For the last two years, I spent traveling through Michigan with the support of the President Trump and Million Voters,” Rogers wrote on X. “What I learned more than anything is that the diligent Michigans deserves a strong and sincere representation that will have the return of President Trump.”
Rogers is a one-off FBI special agent who later performed the post of chairman of the Intelligence Committee during his term of office in Congress. The one-off Trump critic of the GOP, who considered his white house in 2024, Rogers became a strong supporter of the then Republican presidential candidate and won his approval.
2024. Rogers ran for the US Senate and lost closely from now Sena. Elissa Samo, D-Mich., Who also worked in the administration of former President W. Bush and former President Barack Obama.
Michigan Republican American Senate candidate, former US Ambassador Mike Rogers, R-Mich. He speaks with a Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump during the campaign hosts at the Falk Production Podutions 27 production facility at Walker, Mich. . (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Peters posted on Tuesday in a post on social networks that he would not seek a re -choice, and the place of the Senate left open.
“The serving of Michigan in the congress was the honor of my life. I am forever grateful for the opportunity given to me by people from my home country,” the two -day senator and former Congressman wrote.
Senator Gary Peters, D-Mich.
Gary Peters, Democratic Senator from Trump’s State, will not ask for a re -choice
Former Secretary for the Transport of Pete Buttigieg allegedly “serious view” threw a hat in the ring, According to Axios.
“Pete explores all his options for how to be helpful and continue to serve,” said a person close to Buttigieg for Axios.
Before becoming a player on the national stage, Buttigieg served as the mayor of the South Bend, Indiana. In 2022, Buttigieg announced his family plan to move to his husband’s home country in Michigan.
The then secretary of the transportation of Pete Buttigieg speaks during a press conference on June 28, 2021 in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
“The transition to Chasten’s hometown of Traverse City allowed them to be closer to his parents, which became particularly important to them after adopting twins, often relying on Chasten’s parents to help the children’s care,” a spokesman for the then-BUTTIGIEG TRANSPORT said the hill at that time.
In 2026, voters in Michigan will face two main choices: select a new senator and a new governor. Government Gretchen Whitmer does not meet the conditions to restart due to the limit of the state deadline. Whitmer was first chosen in 2018 and then re -elected in 2022. Her current term will end on January 1, 2027.
