(Source: MIRS.news, Published 02/29/2024) Former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers is polling well ahead of other Republican candidates for Michigan’s open U.S. Senate seat, coming in at 32 percent of the vote while former U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer raked in 14 percent and others landing in the single digits, according to a poll conducted by TargetPoint Consulting and paid for by a pro-Rogers 527 Fund.
The Feb. 14-17 poll of 600 likely GOP primary voters was conducted before former U.S. Rep. Justin AMASH announced his entrance into the race.
Jason McBride, president of the Great Lakes Conservatives Fund, which has spent millions of dollars on ads talking about Rogers, said the more voters hear about Rogers, the more they support them, and additional candidates entering the race is “irrelevant for us in our mission.”
Sixty-four percent of primary voters agree with this statement: “As a former soldier and law enforcement officer, I believe Mike Rogers is the kind of person we can trust to fight to secure the border and battle the drug cartels,” which comes from an electorate of which 9 out of 10 voters saying immigration is a problem.
The poll asks respondents to identify themselves in three categories: MAGA Republicans, traditional Republicans, and moderate Republicans. Among MAGA Republicans, Rogers earned 31 percent of the vote with Meijer at 9 percent, among traditional Republicans he earned 38 percent while Meijer earned 19 percent, and among moderate Republicans Rogers earned 28 percent with Meijer at 16 percent.
McBride said Rogers is well positioned and also has room to grow.
