McKinnack Island, Mich. — Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga is preparing a run for Michigan’s Open Senate seat and plans to make a final decision this summer.
If he enters the primary, he will rebel against the former Republican. He was aiming to clear the field for his second attempt at former MP Mike Rogers’ office.
“I want to make sure we win, I want to make sure we have the right candidates to do that,” Huizenga said Thursday. “I personally think it should have won the last election. It wasn’t. And the question is: Are we going to do the same game and expect a different outcome?”
Huizenga is gathering a team that includes fundraisers for potential bids. He recently traveled to West Point to discuss his candidacy with Donald Trump during his presidential visit last weekend. In the final cycle, Trump approved former critic Rogers in a busy Senate primary. He doesn’t support this race.
Republican Senate Campaign Division has pressured Huizenga to leave the contest.
Brendan Jaspers, Political Bureau Director of the National Republican Senate Committee on Wednesday Reposted my vote on x Rogers shows that “If Republicans want to flip Michigan’s Senate seats in 2026, the numbers point to one candidate,” he says, showing that they outweigh Huizenga against potential democratic rivals.
Democrat Elissa Slotkin beat Rodgers in Michigan’s Open Senate election last year, even if Trump wins the state.
