LANSING — Ahead of Oct 14th’s second U.S. Senate debate, U.S. Representative Haley Stevens, state Senator Jeremy Moss, and state Senator Dayna Polehanki sounded the alarm on Mike Rogers’ residency issues following the bombshell reports that Rogers does not live in the house that he claimed to.

“Where is Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood? “Mike Rogers has spent the last decade not serving Michiganders but in Florida enriching himself. We need a Senator who prioritizes Michigan jobs, domestic supply chains, and stands up for our auto industry and that Senator is Elissa Slotkin,” said Representative Haley Stevens.

“We wouldn’t be talking about this if Mike Rogers could prove he lives in Michigan. This would all be so ridiculous if it didn’t pose such concerning questions to voters. Call me old fashioned, but I think someone who runs for the U.S. Senate from Michigan should actually live in Michigan. Michiganders are sick of slick politicians who act like slick politicians. They want people who are real, authentic, and most of all, actual Michiganders. That’s Elissa Slotkin,” said state Senator Jeremy Moss. 

“Michiganders have a right to know if a candidate for United States Senate actually lives in Michigan. If Mike Rogers doesn’t live here, he shouldn’t run here,” said state Senator Dayna Polehanki. 

News outlets have reported that Mike Rogers has confirmed that he is not living at the house that he claims to. The house that Rogers claimed to live in “had no certificate of occupancy as of this week,” and it appears “to be still in a construction phase, with an unfinished deck and a Port-A-Jon next to the driveway.” Reporters note that “issues surrounding the residency of the former seven-term congressman from mid-Michigan have lingered for almost as long as he has sought to be Michigan’s next U.S senator.”

See also: Detroit Free Press: Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers’ neighborhoods have everything but Mr. Rogers, Detroit News: Michigan Senate candidate Mike Rogers not living at home where he’s registered to vote, Michigan Advance: Rogers says he didn’t violate voter registration law he helped to pass, MSNBC: A key GOP Senate candidate faces new ‘carpetbagger’ accusations, MLive: Questions about Mike Rogers’ residency surface: report, Michigan Advance: Where is Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood?, Michigan Advance: A new house is being built for Mr. Rogers in his not-yet-neighborhood, Newsweek: Michigan Republican Candidate Caught Living in Florida, MSNBC: In Senate races, GOP haunted anew with ‘candidate quality’ issues.

Note: Contact Sam Chan at [email protected] for a recording of the press conference.