If the question is “Who had the best fundraising numbers among Michigan’s 2026 U.S. Senate candidates during this second quarter?” The answer isn’t clear-cut.
Republican Mike Rogers is boasting fundraising from two accounts to claim he raised $1.5 million from April 1 to June 30. If only Rogers’ traditional U.S. Senate campaign account is considered, however, he was outraised by $1,515 by U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Zeeland), who isn’t even an official candidate, yet.
Huizenga raised $746,685 this quarter, according to filings due Tuesday to the Federal Elections Commission, while Rogers’s official campaign reported $745,170. A spreadsheet of all U.S. Senate and U.S. House incumbent and candidate filings can be found here.
On the Democratic side, U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Birmingham) reported $2.8 million in receipts, more than the $2.145 million reported by Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak), but $1.5 million of Stevens’ haul came from her U.S. House campaign. Stevens reported raising $391,948 for her U.S. House account and $1,268,130 in new U.S. Senate donations, giving her $1,660,078 in new money raised in the second quarter.
“Holy crap, everybody. Mike Rogers just announced his fundraising for this quarter, so it is official. We have outraised every single other candidate in this field – including a current member of Congress, somebody who has already run statewide and Mike Rogers, who just ran for Senate last cycle,” said McMorrow on her X account. “We did that. You and me, we did it together, and we did it without a single dime of corporate PAC dollars.”
Rogers put out two press releases Tuesday extolling the $1.5 million raised for his campaign this cycle, but roughly half of it came from a joint account called “Team Rogers,” which is separate from his candidate committee and not typically counted in these totals.
“Chuck Schumer and his Democrat cronies are so scared of Mike Rogers that they’re trying to convince you that $745,170 and $778,615 don’t equal $1.523 M. Fact check: They do,” said Rogers spokesperson Alyssa Brouillet.
“Just as the Democrats want to convince you that men should participate in women’s sports, illegals should be able to vote, the government should tell you what kind of car to drive – and that Joe Biden knew what the auto pen in the White House was doing. The Left will do anything to distract from the fact that Mike Rogers outraised their leading candidate, Haley Stevens.”
Stevens, however, does have more cash on hand than Rogers, even if you added up his totals from the two accounts. She has $1.956 million. Rogers has $1.892. McMorrow has $826,912, having burned through more than half of what she raised.
McMorrow’s cash on hand number is less than that of Democrat Abdul El-Sayed, who reported raising $1.797 million, spending about $700,000 and having $1.1 million in the bank. In one of the oddities of this reporting cycle, El-Sayed raised more than Stevens, but has less cash on hand than her. El-Sayed raised less than McMorrow, but has more cash on hand than her.
Huizenga is sitting on $1.382 million, if he decides to pull the trigger on the U.S. Senate.
A fourth Democratic U.S. Senate candidate, Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit), raised $192,821, spent more than half of it and now has $70,212.
Shri Writes Another Big Check
On the U.S. House side, U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Detroit) big-footed into his re-election bid by cutting another $1.7 million check, giving him $7.88 million in the bank and giving him $11.47 million in personal debt since he first ran for Congress two cycles ago.
Thanedar, the founder of Avomeen Analytical Services, an Ann Arbor-based chemical testing lab, raised $32,003 this quarter from someone other than himself.
He faces two Democratic challengers, Rep. Donavan McKinney (D-Detroit) and previous Sen. Adam Hollier, who tried running last year, but failed to get the necessary valid petition signatures.
Hollier raised $277,335 this quarter, spent $41,531 and has $358,336 in cash on-hand. McKinney was in the same ballpark, raising $272,141, spending $55,462 and ending with $216,678 in cash on hand.
Chung’s $606K Bests Democratic Challengers in MI-10
In the Macomb County-based MI-10, Eric Chung, a former U.S. Commerce official, reported raising $606,457 in the second quarter, more than Pontiac Mayor Tim Greimel’s $400,330 and former prosecutor candidate Christina Hines’s $260,554 in the Democratic race. Combined, the five Democrats in the race reported a combined $1.2 million in cash on hand.
U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Township) is not running for re-election and the two Republicans who have filed to run to take his place got into the race recently and didn’t file a report for the past quarter.
Other news of note from Tuesday’s filing:
– Bridget Brink, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine reported raising $503,475, for her 7th Congressional District in the last 12 days of the reporting cycle. Brink, a first-time candidate, announced her candidacy on June 18, a risky move considering the end of the reporting cycle was on June 30. But Brink logged 543 contributions of itemized contributions more than $200 in 12 days while only taking on $20,000 in debt. Overall, Brink had roughly 5,000 contributions in the second quarter, with an average contribution under $100 and 80% under $25.
Meanwhile, her potential General Election opponent, U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett (R-Charlotte) had the strongest quarter of any 2026 Michigan congressional candidate – incumbent or challenger. He raised $1.045 million, giving him $1.4 million in the bank.
– U.S. Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Romeo), the chair of the House Republican Conference, had her best fundraising quarter in her professional career, raising $992,349 and having more cash on hand ($1.46 million) than any member of Michigan’s U.S. House delegation outside of U.S. Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Caledonia), who has $1.64 million.
Article courtesy MIRS News for SBAM’s Lansing Watchdog newsletter
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