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Michigan Senate debate goes off the rails: 4 takeaways

The Hill · October 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM

Michigan Senate debate goes off the rails: 4 takeaways

Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed's first Senate debate in Michigan turned so contentious it even extended off camera.

"In 30 years of doing debates, I've never seen it continue during the commercial," WOOD TV moderator Rick Albin said.

"But it did" Rogers and El-Sayed participated in a debate hosted by Nexstar's Grand Rapids...

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