(Source: MIRS.news, Published 08/07/2024) Abortion, inflation, border security and Social Security are shaping up to be defining campaign issues in Michigan’s U.S. Senate race between former Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers and Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly), now that their nominations are official.  

Slotkin’s first mention of Rogers in a statement says he is “a man who has shown that he’ll say or do anything to get elected,” going on to say that Rogers co-sponsored bills that would jeopardize abortion, in-vitro fertilization and birth control, supported privatizing Social Security and Medicare, and eventually worked with Chinese tech companies.  

“It’s clear: Mike Rogers is only looking out for himself. I will be working to make sure every Michigan voter understands just how bad Mike Rogers would be for Michiganders if elected to the Senate, but we need resources to start immediately holding him accountable to his record,” Slotkin's fundraising email reads.  

Rogers used the Kamala Harris, Tim Walz visit in Detroit to mention the increased cost of living, border security and electric vehicle mandates, bringing Slotkin into the conversation. 

“Slotkin has backed this chaos the entire way, but as Michigan’s Senator, I’ll get to work for working families on day one,” Rogers said. 

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is out with its first independent expenditure ad of the cycle, which criticizes Slotkin for voting for “wasteful spending” that sent stimulus checks “to monsters like the Boston Marathon Bomber and sexual predator Larry Nassar.” 

“Elissa Slotkin voted for wasteful spending that sent inflation through the roof and made life unaffordable for Michigan families," said NRSC spokeswoman Maggie Abboud. 

After Rogers became the nominee, Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes said Rogers would enact abortion bans, tax giveaways for corporations, and jeopardize Social Security and Medicare. 

“Mike Rogers has shown that he is only out for himself. He walked through the revolving door to enrich himself at Michiganders’ expense and then abandoned Michigan for a million-dollar mansion in Florida the first chance he got,” Barnes said.