Democrats’ slim chances of winning the Senate in November rest on keeping Michigan blue. That might seem straightforward: Trump’s approval rating in the state is just 37% and the state hasn’t sent a Republican to the upper chamber since 1994. But Republicans have fielded an experienced candidate, Mike Rogers, who lost by only 19,000 votes to Senator Elissa Slotkin in 2024. The Cook Political Reportrates the Michigan race as one of four toss-ups.
Meanwhile, Democrats are facing a messy primary race that is rife with ideological schisms and intraparty feuding — a microcosm of a party battling to define itself in the Trump ...