Trump-endorsed Mike Rogers wins Repub­li­can Sen­ate pri­ma­ry in Michi­gan

For­mer Rep. Mike Rogers won the Repub­li­can pri­ma­ry for Sen­ate in Michi­gan on Tues­day and will bat­tle it out in the Novem­ber elec­tion for the state’s open Sen­ate seat. Rogers served in the House from 2001–2015. Dur­ing his tenure in Con­gress, he was chair­man of the Intel­li­gence Com­mit­tee. He faced off against anoth­er for­mer Rep. Justin Amash, who aligned him­self with more lib­er­tar­i­an-lean­ing politi­cians. Amash served from 2011–2021.Amash left the Repub­li­can Par­ty in 2019, crit­i­ciz­ing the two-par­ty sys­tem in par­tic­u­lar. He has also been an out­spo­ken voice against for­mer Pres­i­dent Trump— which is unusu­al among elect­ed Repub­li­cans. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS ‘INVISIBLE’ IN CRITICAL SWING STATE OF MICHIGAN: REPORTHe is also a Pales­tin­ian-Amer­i­can, like many oth­ers in the state of Michi­gan, and has been crit­i­cal of U.S. fund­ing to Israel. The Michi­gan …