Mike Rogers (Michigan)

Mike Rogers was born in 1963 and raised in Livingston County, Michigan. He graduated from Howell High School and Adrian College, served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army, and worked as an FBI special agent in Chicago on organized crime and public corruption cases. He ran for the Michigan Senate in 1994 and served there through 2000. In 2000 he won a seat in the U.S. House, where he represented Michigan's 8th District from 2001 to 2015, served on the Energy and Commerce Committee and chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He entered the private sector in 2015, starting a business focused on innovation and small companies and working in cybersecurity. In 2026 Rogers is the Republican nominee for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat. He had no opponent in the August 2026 Republican primary. On October 20, 2026 he debated the Democratic nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, at the Detroit Economic Club.