MI Senate Candidates Slotkin, Rogers Agree To 2 Debates

MICHIGAN — Michigan U.S. Senate candidates Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin will face off in two October debates, according to campaign officials.

The first debate will be hosted by WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids on Oct. 9, and the second debate will be hosted by WXYZ in Detroit on Oct. 14, according to campaign officials.

Slotkin, a Holly Democrat, and Rogers, a White Lake Township Republican, both won the primary election for their respective parties in August. The general election will be held in November.

Slotkin, 48, currently serves as Michigan's U.S. Representative for the 7th District, which includes all of Ingham, Livingston, Shiawassee and Clinton counties, and areas of Eaton, Genesee and Oakland counties. She was elected in 2018.

Before politics, Slotkin was "recruited by the CIA to be a Middle East analyst, and within a year she was sent on the first of three tours in Iraq alongside the U.S. military," according to her campaign website.

Rogers, 61, served as a congressman for Michigan’s U.S. Representative for the 8th District from 2001 to 2015. He also worked as an FBI agent and was a Michigan State senator.