Slotkin, Rogers Face Off Tuesday In MI Senate Debate: How To Watch

MICHIGAN — Democratic U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin and former Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers will take the debate stage Tuesday night for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat.

The debate will start at 7 p.m. and will air live on WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids. You can watch it here. The debate will also air on other stations around Michigan, including WLNS in Lansing, WDIV in Detroit, WJRT in Flint/Saginaw and WJMN in Marquette.

A second debate between the two is scheduled for next Tuesday. That debate will air live on WXYZ in Detroit.

Some of the topics that are expected to be discussed during the debate, include abortion, the border, electric vehicles and more.

A recent Detroit News and WDIV poll showed Slotkin with a narrow 3-point lead, though the race has ben tightening.

Slotkin and Rogers are vying for Michigan's open senate seat, which became vacant after longtime Democrat Debbie Stabenow decided not to seek re-election. She severed four six-year terms.

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.