The one thing that I absolutely can proclaim with supreme confidence is that the state of Michigan can never be considered boring.
I know that I have cracked jokes not only on the hallowed pages of RedState but also on the radio about the weather and how it changes here often in the Great Lake State. Last week, we even hit 100° a couple of times in actual temperature, and yet today we’re having trouble touching the mid-70s.
The weather here can absolutely drive you nuts.
Which, oddly enough, the politics here can do the same.
I kid you not.
We have some mighty big elections coming up here in November that are statewide, and one of them is for the United States Senate. That is because our current senator, whom we would have expected to win reelection quite easily, Sen. Gary Peters (D), decided not to run for a third term, which left his seat open, and thus it became a bit of a free-for-all election-wise.
The Republicans made the choice a bit easier with the help of Donald Trump when he endorsed former Congressman Mike Rogers early on in the contest and cleared the path for him, which pretty much eliminated any competition for him on the GOP side.
However, the Democrats were rolling to a bare-knuckled fist fight for the August 4th primary, and I was really looking forward to that. But one of the contenders just dropped out today, and now I’m incredibly sad.
State Sen. Mallory McMorrow dropped out of Michigan’s high-stakes U.S. Senate race Sunday, leaving a one-on-one battle with 30 days to go before the Aug. 4 Democratic primary election.
McMorrow of Royal Oak informed multiple supporters of her decision earlier Sunday, according to two sources with knowledge of the development who were not authorized to speak publicly about it. Her departure effectively made it a two-candidate primary contest between U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens of Birmingham and former Wayne County health chief Abdul El-Sayed of Ann Arbor.
McMorrow’s campaign released a video and a statement after The Detroit News reported her decision, which came as El-Sayed has gained some momentum in polling and Stevens has benefited from millions of dollars in TV advertising.
Mallory continued…
“Today, I’m announcing that I am suspending my campaign for United States Senate,” she said. “And I’m doing it with a deep, deep sense of gratitude. For our thousands of volunteers, for everyone who donated what you could — building a campaign with zero corporate PAC dollars.
“For my staff, who built this team up from nothing. I thank you.”
Republican Mike Rogers’ campaign had some fun with his DIVA DOWN tweet.
DIVA DOWN✨💅 https://t.co/woApgfMbsc
— Mike Rogers War Room (@RFSWarRoom) July 5, 2026
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I would love to be able to say that all of this will make a difference in the overall campaign for the Democrats in deciding who will represent them in the November election.
Michigan Democrats have taken steroid pills of whatever they are passing out in New York, and I won’t deny I have enjoyed watching the Empire State suffer from it. Yet I know that may sound critical of the Democrats in this state, but after watching clips of their convention a couple of months back, we do NOT have to act like they do out in New York, do we?
I’m joking. Kinda.
I have no delusions that this makes it easier in any way, shape, or form for Mike Rogers to win in November of 2026. That is a road I still have time to think about and write about what could happen.
Rogers lost to now Senator Elissa Slotkin in 2024 by almost 20,000 votes. Maybe because Trump was on the ballot, it made it more of a wave year, and he barely lost. Yet are the Democrats competing to lead the party into November really the best this state can do?
There are two ways that people in Michigan watch the political movements here. Michigan, with Trump not on the ballot, has trouble voting statewide for Republicans, unless, of course, they are named Trump. The President, of course, will not be on the ballot, so that is a plus for the Democrats, but it does depend on who the Democrats put on said ballot.
Will Michigan follow New York and California into a political abyss?
I guess ultimately it will depend on who the Democrats put up against the Republicans in November.
We will get our first hint this Tuesday, July 7th, when the Democrats square off in a debate before the August 4th primary, now that Mallory has dropped, and I will be watching.
With popcorn, of course.
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