Michigan’s open Senate seat will stay in Democratic hands after Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) defeated Republican Mike Rogers in one of the most competitive races of the 2024 cycle.
Slotkin won by a thin margin, securing 48.6% of the vote compared to Rogers’s 48.3%, according to the Associated Press.
Her victory, called Wednesday afternoon, continues a streak of Democratic dominance in statewide races. No Republican has won a Michigan Senate seat since 1994.
It also denies Republicans additional breathing room in a chamber they will control next year. Slotkin will replace retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), a titan of Michigan politics who rose to Senate Democrats’ No. 3 leadership post.
Michigan was a rare competitive Senate race without an incumbent this cycle, making it
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