Scott Tranter“El-Sayed’s got the momentum... Michigan’s going to start voting in about a month on the early side. And look, everything you know about Michigan – about a third of that voting to come in before Election Day. So Mike Rogers’s time is running out.”Sep 22, 2026
Mark Penn"It is highly likely that you’re gonna find 5% of those Stevens voters who are going to switch to the other side, and that alone would give a margin of victory to Rogers."Aug 06, 2026
The Economist"Now that the race pits Dr El-Sayed against Mike Rogers, a former congressman, the party’s probability of victory has fallen to 48%—a decline so steep that Democrats’ chances of controlling the Senate dipped from 53% to 49%.”Aug 07, 2026
Sabato's Crystal Ball“We continue to believe that progressive Abdul El-Sayed (D) will underperform what a Democratic Senate candidate could or should get in Michigan in a year like 2026... yet we still have viewed him as a soft favorite to win, and we’re going to formalize that by pushing his race to Leans Democratic.”Sep 22, 2026