Slotkin holds 5-point lead over Rogers in Michigan U.S. Senate matchup, poll finds

(Detroit News) Democrat Elissa Slotkin holds a nearly 5 percentage point lead in the closely watched race for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat over Republican Mike Rogers, according to a new statewide survey.

The poll of 600 likely Michigan voters commissioned by The Detroit News and WDIV-TV (Channel 4) found that Slotkin, a three-term congresswoman from Holly, garnered 46% to 41% for Rogers, a former seven-term congressman from Brighton. About 13% of voters remain undecided, the poll shows.

"I think these numbers are likely to tighten. There's room for Rogers to increase his numbers a little bit, but what really struck me here is that Elissa Slotkin has immediately moved to the center," said pollster Richard Czuba of the Lansing-based Glengariff Group, which conducted the survey.

"Every race is going to be fought in the middle for centrist, independent voters. She's already got a big advantage here, and Mike Rogers, coming out of his primary, is going to be playing catch-up with independents." .....................(more)

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