Mike Rogers Asks AIPAC to Stay Off Air in Michigan Senate Race
Rogers' team fears direct AIPAC ads could backfire in a race where the group spent about $30 million in the primary, Axios reported.
- Allies of Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers asked the American Israel Public Affairs Committee to stop running advertisements for his campaign, citing concerns the group could become a liability in his race against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed.
- Rogers' team warned AIPAC they expected El-Sayed to win his primary and feared that AIPAC-backed ads would backfire, as they did when the group spent heavily supporting Representative Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary.
- Following a meeting last week between Rogers and AIPAC Board Chair Michael Tuchin, the organization shelved a completed television ad targeting El-Sayed, though reports indicate AIPAC officials were "angered" by the request.
- Rogers launched a "Democrats for Mike Rogers" coalition on Thursday to highlight voters wary of El-Sayed's positions on Israel and his past associations with figures accused of antisemitism.
- With both parties vying for control of the Senate, this nationally consequential race between Rogers and El-Sayed remains a tossup as candidates navigate shifting voter concerns regarding Israel and Michigan's large Arab-American population.
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Mike Rogers Tells AIPAC Stay Out of Senate Race
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Mike Rogers Tells AIPAC To Stay Out of His Race: Report
(Photo via: @MikeRogersForMI on X) Republican Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers and his campaign have reportedly asked the pro-Israel organization AIPAC “not to advertise on his behalf” as he’s set to face off against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, a vocal critic of Israel’s government. Axios reported on the scoop about Rogers’s campaign on Saturday. According to the report, Rogers, who has the backing of President Donald Trump, spoke with AIPAC c…
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Conservative News DailyMike Rogers asks AIPAC not to advertise for his campaign against el Sayed
AIPAC’s influence in Michigan’s Senate race is expanding beyond just the Democratic primary, as allies of Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers reportedly ask the pro-Israel committee to cease advertising for Rogers’s campaign. According to a new report from Axios, Rogers met with AIPAC’s Board Chair Michael Tuchin as the former congressman’s allies have been asking AIPAC to roll back its advertising in support of his Senate campaign. One day la…
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