What to know about Michigan Senate race after Stevens' surprise endorsement of Rogers over El-Sayed
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[0:00] Now, when you talk, as we do here with
[0:02] some frequency, to Republicans and
[0:04] Democrats about the Senate mood ring
[0:06] races, and by that I mean the ones that
[0:08] will reflect most the national mood and
[0:11] therefore help determine majority
[0:12] control of the Senate. They mention two
[0:14] races over and over, Maine and Michigan.
[0:18] The main race has been chugging along
[0:19] with an airtight one race contest
[0:22] between five-term incumbent Susan
[0:24] Collins, the Republican, and Democratic
[0:26] nominee and Graham Platner replacement
[0:28] Troy Jackson. And that race hasn't seen
[0:30] any real drama since Platner dropped
[0:32] out. Michigan's a different story, as
[0:35] I'm sure you noticed over the weekend,
[0:36] has had nothing but drama, which
[0:39] culminated yesterday when Democratic
[0:41] Congresswoman Haley Stevens shocked her
[0:43] fellow Democrats and endorsed Republican
[0:45] Senate nominee Mike Rogers. That was an
[0:48] interesting move, and it made us recall
[0:50] that Stevens appeared on this very
[0:52] program August 6th, two days after she
[0:56] lost the Senate primary to Abdul Elsed.
[0:58] We of course at the time asked her about
[1:01] the general election and she said this.
[1:04] >> My focus here is, you know, no Rogers,
[1:09] no Republicans. Abdul and I had our, you
[1:12] know, we had our primary. It's over.
[1:14] It's over.
[1:15] >> As the saying goes, that was then, this
[1:19] is now.
[1:20] >> Abdul said that I was no longer welcome
[1:23] in his campaign and that I should stay
[1:25] away. and he's right and that's why I am
[1:31] endorsing Mike Rogers for the United
[1:33] States Senate today. Uh I don't belong
[1:36] in Abdul's campaign.
[1:38] >> Is this a signal or is t