Michigan Senate race poll released
The gist
Two Michigan Senate polls show Democrat Abdul El-Sayed leading Republican Mike Rogers.
The results differ, and the race is one of seven Cook rates a toss-up.
How it unfolded
- Sep 12, 2026 -14, 2026Emerson College Polling/Nexstar Media conducts a Michigan poll of 1,000 likely voters with a credibility interval of +/- 3 percent.
- Sep 16, 2026 -20, 2026Suffolk University conducts a poll of 500 likely Michigan voters with a margin of error of approximately 4.4 percentage points.
- Sep 17, 2026The Emerson poll is released, finding El-Sayed at 48 percent and Rogers at 46 percent, with 4 percent undecided and 2 percent choosing another candidate. A Washington Post-Schar School poll the same day finds 53 percent of Michigan's likely voters want Democrats to control the Senate, but 48 percent support El-Sayed in the Senate race.