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Mike Rogers (Campaign photo)
Chris Thomas, Michigan's former elections director who now helps run elections in Detroit, told the Detroit News that Republican Mike Rogers' suggestion that his loss in the 2024 Senate race is linked to election shenanigans in Detroit is ridiculous — perhaps even more so than the claims people made after the 2020 presidential election.
The News reports about Rogers:
During a speech in Muskegon on Oct. 17, Rogers spoke about a van in Detroit "showing up" at about 5:30 a.m. on the morning after Election Day with ballots. When Rogers said the word "ballots," he made an air quote gesture with his left hand.
"We ended up losing that thing by about 17,000 votes," Rogers said after making the air quote gesture.
"Now, there were some ballots that showed up at 5:30 — I wish I were kidding — in a van," Rogers said. "And that swung the election on us. And it happened to be here in Detroit."
Rogers lost to Democratic Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin in a tight race. He’s running again for the U.S. Senate in 2026.
Thomas told The News that it wouldn’t be unusual for a batch of ballots from drop boxes and from voters who registered and voted on Election Day, to arrive the following morning to be counted. He said he believes those ballots reached Huntington Place to be tallied around 3 or 4 a.m.
A spokeswoman for Rogers did not respond when asked about the allegation.
Rogers, in years past was a Trump critic and privately told people that he didn't care for him.
In July, Trump endorsed Rogers, who has now become a big supporter of the president.
