Rogers watched from a distance as Democratic primary candidates Abdul El-Sayed and Haley Stevens took hacksaws to each other under a national spotlight. So who is Mike Rogers? First and foremost, he is not the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee—that is Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers. Nor is he former National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers. Michigan Mike Rogers is a bit of a throwback to the pre-Trump GOP: a buttoned-up, country-club Republican from the George W. Bush era.