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Republican group plans $22.5 million investment in Michigan Senate race

Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., left, speaks in North Charleston, S.C., March 18, 2023, and Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks in Rochester, Mich., Dec. 16, 2019.
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Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., left, speaks in North Charleston, S.C., March 18, 2023, and Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks in Rochester, Mich., Dec. 16, 2019.

A Republican group is reportedly eying Michigan’s competitive U.S. Senate race for a major investment

News outlets report the “Senate Leadership Fund” is looking at spending around 20-million-dollars on ad buys in Michigan.

That’s as Democratic candidate, Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin, is significantly outpacing her Republican rival, former Congressman Mike Rogers, in fundraising.

Rogers spokesperson Chris Gustafson says the outside spending will help the campaign focus on meeting voters instead of buying ads.

“Actively having conversations with voters, getting around the state, not just flooding the airwaves with television ads, which are concocted by your friends in DC, but genuinely campaigning across the state of Michigan, which, actively having conversations with voters.”

The race could determine control of the U-S Senate.

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