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Michigan Republican candidate caught living in Florida (www.newsweek.com)

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A Republican hoping to represent Michigan in the U.S. Senate suffered a setback to his campaign this week after facing allegations that he lives in Florida.

Former Congressman Mike Rogers, who has made much of his local roots in a bid to win over voters, faced backlash online after the staff of Democrat rival Elissa Slotkin released information on X, formerly Twitter, apparently proving he is still registered to vote in the Sunshine State.

The Republican Party hopes to retake the Senate on November 5 from the Democrats, who currently hold a slim majority. But polls released last month suggest that Democrats are leading the races in several states, including Michigan. One Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey of 1,000 voters found that 41 percent said they supported Slotkin while 39 percent said they would vote for Rogers.

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

In hindsight, its crazy that he might have been the lesser of two evils.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Nah. Fetterman is a typical Dem phony, Oz was a MAGA fuck head.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oz was a MAGA fuck head

Ah, I had him pegged as a more traditional William F. Buckley kind of conservative.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He got the nomination because of a DJT endorsement.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

DJT has routinely endorsed candidates who lost the nomination to more radical primary candidates.

The Alabama Senate Race in 2018 was a classic example. Trump endorsed two other candidates who ended up losing to Roy Moore, in a state that was staunchly pro-Trump. Then he endorsed Roy Moore, and Moore still lost to Doug Jones thanks to a depressed GOP turnout.

In Oz's case, there were plenty of more-hard-right candidates in the 2022 GOP Primary running than this quack doctor inflation hawk who spun out of the Opera Cinematic Universe. Sean Parnell and Carla Sands, in particular.