Rogers holds double-digit lead over El-Sayed, tied with Stevens in Michigan Senate poll

# Rogers holds double-digit lead over El-Sayed, tied with Stevens in Michigan Senate poll

Former Rep. Mike Rogers, the presumptive Republican nominee for Senate in Michigan, comfortably leads progressive Abdul El-Sayed and is neck and neck with Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) in new polling just one week out from the Michigan Senate primary.

A Michigan Education survey, which was conducted by the Glengariff Group and commissioned by the Michigan Education Association and Business Leaders for Michigan, shows Rogers beating El-Sayed by 10 points in a hypothetical match-up. Eleven percent of respondents were undecided.

Stevens barely edges out Rogers in a head-to-head match-up, with the congresswoman receiving close to 46 percent support and the Michigan Republican notching 45 percent support. A separate 9 percent of respondents were undecided.

Given the polling falls within the survey's margin of error of 4 points, Stevens and Rogers are essentially tied in the hypothetical Senate race.

The nonpartisan election handicapper Cook Political Report rates the open Michigan Senate race as a "toss-up," and Republicans are looking to flip the seat held by retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D).

El-Sayed and Stevens have been locked in a bitter battle for the Democratic Senate nomination to take on Rogers, who faces no primary challengers, in November. The primary is Tuesday.

The Glengariff Group noted in their survey that Stevens and Rogers receive nearly identical support among independents voters — with about 40 percent and 39 percent, respectively. But the pollster noted Rogers holds a nearly 28-point lead over El-Sayed among independents.

Stevens also holds a 31-point lead among Black voters against El-Sayed.