Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed leads Mike Rogers by 7 points in Senate poll
The gist
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed led Republican Mike Rogers 51% to 44% in a late-October poll.
The race for an open seat could decide which party controls the Senate.
How it unfolded
- 2025 -01Sen. Gary Peters announced he would step down at the end of his current Senate term, opening the seat.
- Aug 2026El-Sayed and Rogers won their respective party primaries; El-Sayed defeated Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary by less than a percentage point.
- Oct 1, 2026A Mitchell poll showed El-Sayed at 45.6% and Rogers at 41.4%, a 4.2-point gap with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.8 points.