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Cook Political Report shifts Michigan Senate race to toss up
The Hill ^ | 07/11/24 | Lauren Irwin

Posted on 07/11/2024 3:25:49 PM PDT by T Ruth

The nonpartisan group Cook Political Report (CPR) shifted the Michigan Senate race to a “toss up” on Thursday as issues with President Biden continue to affect Democrats in races elsewhere.

“If there was one race that was looking like a stronger opportunity for Republicans even before the CNN debate and looks even more in play now, it is Michigan,” CPR’s Senate and Governors editor Jessica Taylor said in an analysis.

CPR said [the current House Democrat], ... likely the Democratic nominee following the Aug. 5 primary, has held a lead. Still, that lead is narrower than races in other states that CPR has left in the “Lean Democrat” column.

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Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) enjoys the endorsement of former President Trump, but CPR said he has “never run in the Trump era of the GOP” since retiring in 2014.

“The tightening presidential contest in the Wolverine State and the potential for a drop in base Democratic turnout could have a unique impact on the Senate race,” CPR said.

Michigan is the only state where ... a Democrat[ ] is running behind Biden, CPR said, citing RealClearPolitics averages. That is, likely because she is not universally known by Michiganders.

“Democrats say their polling still has [their candidate] running better than Biden, but there’s no denying it’s very close,” Taylor wrote in the analysis. “As such, we are shifting the open Michigan Senate race from Lean Democrat to Toss Up.”

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(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: rogers; slotkin

1 posted on 07/11/2024 3:25:49 PM PDT by T Ruth
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To: T Ruth
No - the Michigan Mean Girls won't let this US Senate seat get away.


2 posted on 07/11/2024 3:27:59 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: T Ruth

Slotkin has a face like a Russian General.


3 posted on 07/11/2024 3:30:18 PM PDT by donozark (Presbyterians wear elbow patches and drive on recapped tires.)
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To: T Ruth

US Senator Spencer Abraham was the last GOP one, 1995-2001.

A baby born when he last served would be 23 years old.
“Bootylicious” by Destiny’s Child, “Hangin’ By A Moment by Lifehouse and “All For You” by Janet Jackson were hits back then. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and Shrek were two of the top movies at theaters. A Big Mac was $2.54 and no one had to show their credit score before ordering at a family restaurant.


4 posted on 07/11/2024 3:35:23 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: kiryandil

Michigan is a dying state. May it be swift and painless.


5 posted on 07/11/2024 3:37:43 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: kiryandil

The ballot harvesting crews in Michigan used plain, white vans with black windows and went into ballot counting centers at night and put up newspapers and brown paper tapes over all windows.

This was said to secure the hidden identities of voters in order to honor democracy’s secret ballot, so no one could peer through the windows to read names.

Vote totals changed drastically after 2 a.m. to favor Biden over Trump.
Some City of Detroit registered zero votes for Trump, not just “not very many” or “a few”——zero. And some had more votes case than people living there.


6 posted on 07/11/2024 3:39:55 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: T Ruth

My MIL just asked who to vote for. I told her O’Donnell. She believes in medical freedom and liberty.


7 posted on 07/11/2024 3:40:44 PM PDT by cyclotic (Don’t be part of the problem. Be the entire problem)
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To: kiryandil

And what do you burn, apart from witches?
- More witches!


8 posted on 07/11/2024 3:42:33 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Time to throw them out of the Temple...again)
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To: frank ballenger
Some City of Detroit registered zero votes for Trump, not just “not very many” or “a few”——zero.

They were throwing away Trump ballots.

Your Michigan Republicans are in on it.

How hard would it have been to find someone in those "zero" precincts to swear out an affidavit that they voted Trump?

9 posted on 07/11/2024 3:55:39 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: kiryandil

True. GOP allowed assisted political suicide at our expense.


10 posted on 07/11/2024 3:57:26 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: frank ballenger

The Democrats stole the last two Michigan US Senate “elections” [2018 and 2020] - and the Michigan Republicans let them.


11 posted on 07/11/2024 3:59:02 PM PDT by kiryandil (FR Democrat Party operatives! Rally in defense of your Colombian cartel stooge Merchan!)
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To: T Ruth

Total BS - The GOP in Michigan will find a way to lose. Don’t forget that the Witch locked the State Down for two years and still was easily re-elected. The same GOP was supposed to knock out worthless Gary Peters - failure again.


12 posted on 07/11/2024 4:46:56 PM PDT by EC Washington
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To: T Ruth

FJB needs to make an ad endorsing the dem candidate and the Michigan dems need to run it on TV, radio and the Internet nonstop.


13 posted on 07/11/2024 4:56:33 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba (The only good commie is one that's dead - Country Joe McDonald )
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To: T Ruth
I watched their spokeswoman explain this poll. She said their toss ups had Trump winning. They moved the ones he had a much larger point lead to lean R. So toss up is not tied, Trump is leading those.
14 posted on 07/11/2024 6:31:44 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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