Stevens Endorses Rogers; Michigan Democratic Party Says She Is Not One of Us

Rep. Haley Stevens endorsed Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers on Sunday, then was declared not a member of the Michigan Democratic Party roughly an hour later.

The endorsement came in a video posted to X, after Stevens attended a service with Rogers at Perfecting Church in Detroit. She had previously endorsed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who defeated her in the Michigan Democratic Senate primary, before withdrawing that support.

In the video, Stevens said she was "still a very proud Democrat" and was "just letting you know where I am."

Michigan Democratic Party chair Curtis Hertel responded on X that Stevens "is not a current member of the Michigan Democratic Party, nor will she be in the future." He announced the decision just over an hour after Stevens released her video.

The rupture follows a primary feud between Stevens and El-Sayed that centered largely on Israel. Rogers is the Trump-backed candidate in a race seen as close and as potentially determining the balance of power on Capitol Hill.

The sequence matters more than the endorsement alone. A defeated primary rival backing the Republican is a personal break. A state party declaring one of its own no longer a member within about an hour turns that break into an institutional one, days before a Senate election that could decide control of Capitol Hill.

Stevens did not say she had become a Republican. She said she remains a Democrat. The state party's chair said she is not one of his.