DETROIT—Michigan’s Senate delegation remains solid blue as Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) defeated Republican Mike Rogers to claim the seat vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow.
The race was called on Nov. 6 at 3:12 p.m. ET. Slotkin’s win shores up the Democrats’ minority in the chamber after Republicans gained control of the Senate on Tuesday night. As of press time, Republicans had won 52 Senate seats to the Democrats’ 44, with four seats too close to call.
Rogers, a former seven-term congressman, had narrowed Slotkin’s lead in the polls to as little as four points but was unable to close the gap on Election Day….