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Republican field in Michigan Senate race thins as party coalesces around former Rep. Mike Rogers
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-senate-pensler-rogers-republican-endorsement-trump-fadf159f4adef083c2150db9ec7711dcRepublican field in Michigan Senate race thins as party coalesces around former Rep. Mike Rogers
BY JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Updated 11:07 PM EDT, July 20, 2024
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Detroit-area businessman Sandy Pensler has withdrawn from the Republican Senate race in Michigan just ahead of the state’s primary, throwing his support behind former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers for the party’s nomination.
Pensler made the announcement at Donald Trump’s rally in Grand Rapids on Saturday after being called onto the stage by the former president. Trump endorsed Rogers earlier this year and many in the party have begun to coalesce around Rogers, who served in the U.S. House for 14 years and chaired the House Intelligence Committee.
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Pensler was seen as a long-shot candidate, having previously lost the GOP primary for Senate in 2018 by over 9 percentage points to now-U.S. Rep. John James, who would go on to lose to incumbent Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
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With Pensler dropping his bid, Rogers’ only remaining high-profile opponent is Justin Amash, a former U.S. representative who left the GOP in 2019 after calling for the impeachment of Trump, who was president at the time. Amash represented Grand Rapids from 2011 to 2021.
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BY JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Updated 11:07 PM EDT, July 20, 2024
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Detroit-area businessman Sandy Pensler has withdrawn from the Republican Senate race in Michigan just ahead of the state’s primary, throwing his support behind former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers for the party’s nomination.
Pensler made the announcement at Donald Trump’s rally in Grand Rapids on Saturday after being called onto the stage by the former president. Trump endorsed Rogers earlier this year and many in the party have begun to coalesce around Rogers, who served in the U.S. House for 14 years and chaired the House Intelligence Committee.
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Pensler was seen as a long-shot candidate, having previously lost the GOP primary for Senate in 2018 by over 9 percentage points to now-U.S. Rep. John James, who would go on to lose to incumbent Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
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With Pensler dropping his bid, Rogers’ only remaining high-profile opponent is Justin Amash, a former U.S. representative who left the GOP in 2019 after calling for the impeachment of Trump, who was president at the time. Amash represented Grand Rapids from 2011 to 2021.
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