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2026 Michigan US Senate

Open Seat, Peters (D) Retiring

TLP:GREEN Rating: Toss-Up (Cook, Sabato) Candidates: 4 profiled Office: US Senate

1 Candidate Field

2 Race Dynamics

BLUF, Bottom Line Up Front

Michigan's open Senate seat is rated Toss-Up by all major forecasters. The Democratic primary features a historically competitive three-way race with all three leading candidates raising between $7.6M and $8.9M. El-Sayed is now the sole polling frontrunner, MIRS/Mitchell Research (fielded May 1–7, 2026; N=606 likely voters) shows El-Sayed 28%, Stevens 18%, McMorrow 17%, with 38% undecided, and he won the UAW endorsement on June 5, the biggest labor prize of the cycle. Outside spending for Stevens has escalated to roughly $8.85M across five groups per Detroit News, including AIPAC’s United Democracy Project entering with a $2.3M buy. Republican Mike Rogers, backed by a $45M Senate Leadership Fund commitment (largest single-state investment in SLF history) that is now actively deploying, is unopposed on the August 4 GOP primary ballot and leads all three Democrats within or near the margin of error in the spring Detroit Regional Chamber/Glengariff general-election poll, after losing the 2024 race to Elissa Slotkin by 0.33%.

3 Key Dates

Primary Election
August 4, 2026
General Election
November 3, 2026
Race Rating
Toss-Up (Cook Political Report, Sabato’s Crystal Ball, 270toWin)

4 Knowledge Graph

Total Entities
4,337 nodes
Relationships
6,995 edges
Bridge Entities
190 cross-candidate connections
FEC Profiles
36 candidates collected
Collection Date
2026-05-09
Last Refresh
2026-06-10 (polling, finance, endorsements, ballot status)
TLP:GREEN, Approved for public sharing